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Medial Talar Tilt Test
This is an excerpt from Special Tests in Orthopedics by Tamara C Valovich McLeod,Sandra J Shultz.
Other name for test: Inversion (varus) stress test
Used to assess: Integrity of calcaneofibular ligament
Patient position: Either long-sitting or supine
Clinician position: Standing at foot of table
Clinician’s stabilizing hand position: Stabilizing medial distal leg just above medial malleolus
Clinician’s test hand position: Grasping lateral foot along calcaneus to hold ankle in anatomical neutral position
Action performed: Adduct and invert calcaneus
Positive result: Pain and laxity
Accuracy: SN = .50 SP = .88 +LR = 4.00 −LR = .57
Hertel et al. 1999; Schwieterman et al. 2013
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