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Bounce Test

Aka: Bounce Test, Bounce Home Test

Indications
1. Evaluation for Knee Meniscus Injury
Technique
1. Patient lies supine with legs extended
2. Examiner holds ankle slightly elevated over table
3. Examiner holds knee slightly flexed with other hand
4. Examiner releases hold on knee
  1. Allows knee to fall passively into extension
Interpretation: Positive Test suggests meniscal tear
1. Knee Pain when knee falls into extension

Bounce home test (C0231743)
Concepts	Diagnostic Procedure (T060)
SnomedCT	84472009
Spanish	Bounce home test, Bounce home test (procedimiento), prueba de rebote para lesión de menisco (procedimiento), prueba de rebote para lesión de menisco
English	Bounce home test, Bounce home test (procedure)
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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This page was written by Scott Moses, MD, last revised on 2/1/2012 and last published on 5/14/2013.

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