Revised edition previously published as: Special tests in musculoskeletal examination : An evidence-based guide for clinicians / written by Paul Hattam and Alison Smeatham. [2010].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- About this book -- Clinical Context -- Technique -- Ground rules -- How to do the tests -- Evidence -- Searching the literature -- Appraising the evidence -- Interpreting the evidence -- Summarizing the evidence -- Anatomy and Biomechanics -- Also Known As (AKA) -- Variations and Related Tests -- Chapter 2. Shoulder -- Introduction -- Impingement Tests -- Neer's test -- Hawkins-Kennedy impingement test -- Internal rotation resistance strength test -- Posterior impingement test -- Tendon Tests -- Speed's test -- Yergason's test -- Empty / full can tests -- External rotation lag sign -- Lift-off sign -- Labral Tests -- Crank test -- Dynamic labral shear test -- Biceps load II test -- Anterior slide test -- SLAP prehension test -- Instability Tests -- Anterior instability -- Apprehension and relocation test -- Load and shift test -- Posterior instability -- Norwood stress test -- Multidirectional instability -- Sulcus sign -- Acromioclavicular Joint Tests -- Active compression test -- Scarf test -- Shear test -- Chapter 3. Elbow -- Tendon Tests -- Tennis elbow provocation test -- Mill's test -- Golfer's elbow provocation test -- Ligament / Instability Tests -- Valgus stress test -- Varus stress test -- Posterolateral pivot shift test -- Posterolateral rotatory drawer test -- Chair push-up test -- Neurological Tests -- Tinel's test -- Pressure provocation test -- Ulnar nerve flexion test -- Pinch grip test -- Chapter 4. Wrist and Hand -- Ligament / Instability Tests -- Piano key test -- Radial collateral ligament stress test -- Ulnar collateral ligament stress test -- Scaphoid shift test -- Lunotriquetral shear test -- Derby relocation test -- Capitate apprehension test -- Midcarpal pivot shift test -- Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tests -- TFCC load test -- Thumb Tests -- Axial compression test -- Traction shift test -- Finkelstein's test -- Ulnar collateral ligament laxity test -- Carpal Tunnel Tests -- Carpal compression test -- Phalen's test -- Tinel's test -- Chapter 5. Hip -- Articular Tests -- Log roll test -- FAIR test -- Scour test -- McCarthy test -- Anterior and posterior labral tear tests -- FABER test -- Active straight leg raise test -- Muscle Tests -- Modified Thomas test -- Ely's test -- Modified Ober's test -- Snapping hip test -- Trendenlenburg test -- Resisted external derotation test -- Stability Tests -- Torque test -- Other Tests -- Craig's test -- Sign of the buttock -- Chapter 6. Knee -- Ligament Stress / Instability Tests -- Basic (Uniplanar) Tests -- Medial instability -- Valgus test -- Lateral instability -- Varus test -- Posterior instability -- Posterior drawer test -- Anterior instability -- Anterior drawer test -- Lachman's test -- The lever sign test -- Advanced (Multiplanar / Rotatory) Tests -- Anteriomedial rotatory instability (AMRI) -- Slocum (AMRI) test -- Anterolateral rotatory instability (ALRI) -- Slocum (ALRI) test -- Pivot shift test -- Figure of four pivot shift test -- Posteromedial rotatory instability (PMRI) -- Posteromedial drawer test -- Posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) -- Dial test -- Posterolateral drawer test -- External rotation recurvatum test -- Meniscal Tests -- Apley's test -- Steinmann's test -- McMurray's test -- Weight-bearing / rotation meniscal test -- Patellofemoral Tests -- McConnell test -- Vastus medialis co-ordination test -- Patella apprehension test -- Patellofemoral grind test -- Mediopatellar plica test -- Other Tests -- Noble's compression test -- Chapter 7. Ankle and Foot -- Clinical Context -- Injury classification -- Lateral ligaments -- Medial ligaments -- Syndesmosis -- Foot and ankle fractures -- Ligament Stress Tests -- Anterior talofibular ligament stress test -- Calcaneofibular ligament stress test -- Calcaneocuboid ligament stress test -- Medial collateral ligament stress test -- Ligament Instability Tests -- External rotation stress test -- Squeeze test -- Talar tilt test -- Drawer test -- Other Tests -- Thompson's test -- Peroneal subluxation test -- Metatarsal squeeze test -- Index.