Bounce Home Test for Meniscus to Knee Joint

ByVaishali Ladva January 5, 2022March 30, 2025

The bounce home test is a physical examination used to assess the integrity of the knee joint, particularly for detecting meniscal injuries or joint effusion. The test involves passively extending the knee from a flexed position to observe if it “bounces” or lacks a smooth, complete extension, indicating possible intra-articular pathology.

This test is used to better understand meniscus injury.
It is an orthopedic test to check the injury of the meniscus of to knee joint.
It is a test to decrease knee extension.

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What is the Purpose of the bounce home test?

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

How do you perform to bounce home test?

Starting position for testing 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 indicates a torn meniscus & other intra-articular pathology.

Modification of the bounce home test?

There a 2 modifications for to bounce home test.

First modification :

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

Second modification:

It is described by Shybut & McGinty.
In this modification, do the simple force of knee hyperextension.
The test is positive when to feels the blocking of forced hyperextension.

Evidence bounce home test?

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

Bounce home test, which is described by 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 Oni = not to investigate.

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