McMurray’s Test

Special test for Knee Meniscus dysfunction

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Caution

Clinical Directors and CIs have advised against the use of this test, in favor of other tests such as Apley’s Test or Thessaly’s Test

Meniscus Bias

Lateral Meniscus

IR + Varus stress

Medial Meniscus

ER + Valgus

Psychometrics

Adults

Psychometric Properties of McMurray’s Test
Psychometric	Value
Sensitivity	0.70¹
Specificity	0.71¹

Pediatric Patients

Psychometric Properties of McMurray’s Test
Psychometric	Value
Sensitivity	0.39¹
Specificity	0.86¹
PPV	0.62¹
NPV	0.71¹

References

Hegedus EJ, Cook C, Hasselblad V, Goode A, McCrory DC. Physical examination tests for assessing a torn meniscus in the knee: A systematic review with meta-analysis. The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 2007;37(9):541-550. doi:10.2519/jospt.2007.2560

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Yomogida N, Kerstein C. McMurray’s Test. https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Examination/Tests and Measures/Lower extremity tests/Knee Tests/Meniscus tests/McMurrays_test.html