Knee disorders in primary care: design and patient selection of the HONEUR knee cohort

Table 1 Item list for physical examination

inspection [18, 19]	palpation [18, 19]	specific diagnostic tests
coloration	temperature	sustained flexion test [20]
valgisation/varisation	swelling: balottable patella sign	patellar grinding test [19]
overextension/limited extension	swelling: fluid shift/fluctuation sign	patellar axial pressure test [21]
tibial tuber swelling	pain tibial tuber	patellar apprehension test [21]
atrophy quadriceps	pain joint line	Steinmann II test [22]
flexion contracture hip	pain patellar edges	McMurray test [23]
internal/external rotation femur	pain patellar ligament	Apley's grind/traction tests [24]
internal/external rotation tibia	pain collateral lateral/medial ligaments	valgus/varus test [25]
foot pronation	pain insertion pes anserinus	anterior drawer test [25]
leg length difference	pain insertion iliotibial band	Lachman test [26]
	swelling fossa poplitea/Baker's cyst	pivot shift test [27]
function assessment	hypertrophy synovial plica	posterior drawer test [25]
flexion/extension active/passive [18, 19]	bursa prepatellaris pain/swelling	tibial posterior sag [28]
resisted flexion/extension [18, 19]	bursa infrapatellaris pain/swelling

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