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Patellar Tilt Test

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Patellar Tilt Test

  • Indications
  1. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
  • Mechanism
  1. Tests for lateral knee structure tightness
  • Technique
  1. Patient lies supine
  2. Patella grasped between thumb and forefinger
  3. Tilt Patella
    1. Medial Patella compressed posteriorly
    2. Lateral Patella lifted
  • Interpretation
  • Abnormal
  1. Lateral Patella cannot be raised to horizontal
  2. Suggests tight lateral knee structures
    1. Patellofemoral Syndrome
    2. Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis