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Squeeze Test

Aka: Squeeze Test

Indication
1. High Ankle Sprain evaluation
Technique
1. Patient dorsiflexes foot
2. Examiner squeezes tibia and fibula together
Interpretation
1. Positive test
  1. Pain over space between tibia and fibula
2. Suggests Tibiofibular Syndesmosis injury

Thompson's test (C0231790)
Concepts	Diagnostic Procedure (T060)
SnomedCT	86215004
English	Simmonds' test, Squeeze test, Thompson's squeeze test, Thompson's test (procedure), thompson's test, simmonds test, squeeze test, Thompson's test
Spanish	prueba de Thompson, prueba de Simmonds, prueba de compresión de Thompson, prueba de Thompson (procedimiento)
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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