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Test: Knee Palpation - Anterior

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Background/Purpose

Palpation of the anterior knee includes the soft-tissues of the quadriceps tendon, patellar ligament, retinaculum, and articularis genu. Note any dimpling distortion, tension or laxity.

Procedure

Palpate the anterior knee.
Performed: Unilaterally

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Palpation of the anterior knee.

Criteria

No swelling
No tendnerness
No hypertonicity

Measurement

0.00

LOINC Code

Scale/Grading

Pass/Fail

Test Stats

Side Pass Fail
Left 19 5
Right 14 5
Avg. Measure. Left 0.0 0.0
Avg. Measure. - Right 0.0 0.0

Regions
Cervical	Thoracic	Lumbar	Pelvic
Hip/Thigh	Knee/Calf	Ankle	Foot
Shoulder/Arm	Elbow/Forearm	Wrist	Hand
Head	TMJ	Systemic