Apley grind test

The Apley Grinding - test ( named after Alan Graham Apley ( 1914-1996 ), Engl. = To grind grind, grind ) is a medical examination method for the detection of meniscal damage in the knee joint.

The patient is in the examination in the prone position and the knee joint is bent at right angles by the investigator. If down pain in the knee joint are triggered at passive external or internal rotation of the lower leg under simultaneous axial compression of the lower leg of the test is positive. Pain on the outer side of the knee point to a lesion of the lateral meniscus, pain on the inside for a lesion of the medial meniscus. The onset of pain during rotation and simultaneous train on the lower leg on, this is an indication of a violation of the joint capsule and the collateral ligaments of the knee joint.