compression test

Introduction

Also see patellar grind test

Indications

• test patellofemoral pain syndrome

Procedure

• with the patient supine, the knee fully extended, move the patella up & down the intercondylar groove

Interpretation

• pain under the patella is a positive sign

More general terms

• physical examination of the knee

Additional terms

• knee pain
• patella (kneecap)
• patellar grind test; Clarke's test; Osmond-Clarke test
• patellofemoral pain syndrome; chondromalacia patella (PFPS)