Bounce home test for meniscus to knee joint :

• This test is used to for better understand of meniscus injury .
• It is a orthopedic test for to check the injury of meniscus of to knee joint.
• It is a test for to decreased of knee extension.

What is Purpose of bounce home test ?

• This test is used to for check to integrity of to meniscus .
• It is also used to for the check to meniscus injury means torn of meniscus.

How do you perform to bounce home test ?

• Starting position for to test is supine .
• Into supine position heel of to patient’s foot is hold in cupped manner in to examiner’s hand.
• Patient is knee is fully flexed & then the knee is passively allowed to extended .
• Knee is able to fully extend but with to sharp end feel.

Result of bounce home test ?

• This test is positive when to full extension of to knee is not complete / rubbery end feel means springy block.
• In this time something is blocking for full extension .
• It is indicate to torn of meniscus & other intra-articular pathology.

Modification of bounce home test ?

• There is a 2 modifications for to bounce home test .

First modification :

• It is described by to Oni .
• Named of modification is knee jerk test.
• In this test do the knee extension forcefully .
• So that pain is occurs in to area of tissue injury.

Second modification :

• It is describe by to Shybut & McGinty.
• In this modification do the simply forced of knee hyperextension.
• Test is positive when to feel the blocking of to forced hyperextension.

Evidence bounce home test ?

• Original bounce home test = There is no studies for investigating to sensitivity, specificity & diagnostic accuracy.

• Bounce home test which is described by to Shybut & McGinty :-
• Sensitivity of this modification = 47%
• Specificity of this modification = 67%
• Diagnostic accuracy of this modification = 51%.

• Knee jerk test modification which is described by to Oni = not to investigate .