McMurray’s Test

Testing for:
Injury to the Menisci

Procedure:

• Patient is supine, their affected hip and knee are flexed
• Therapist cups one hand over the patient’s knee (palm over the patella and fingers/thumb over the joint line)
• Therapist grasps patient’s heel with the other hand
• Therapist slowly extends the patient’s knee, while applying different stresses (#s 1 & 2 below) to check both menisci
  1. external rotation of the tibia and valgus stress on the knee to assess medial meniscus
  2. internal rotation of the tibia and varus stress on the knee to assess lateral meniscus

Positive Sign:
Click or Catch in the extension of the knee. (A negative test does not completely rule out meniscal tear)