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Dejour Test | Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear Assessment<\/h2>\nAt first sight, the Dejour test looks like a combination of the Lachman test and the pivot shift test. You will see the similarities in a moment. Dejour\u2019s test unfortunately has not undergone diagnostic accuracy assessment so the clinical value remains questionable.\n
\n\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DB80-0s1tR8[\/embed]\n\n<\/div>\nTo conduct the test the patient lies in supine position. Stand on the side to be examined and pick up the patient\u2019s leg. Support the leg between your arm and abdomen loosely allowing for tibial rotation. Using your forearm exerts valgus pressure on the knee and use the other hand to push the femur posteriorly which accentuates the anterior drawer of the tibia.\n\nThe anterior drawer becomes apparent at 20-30\u00b0 of knee flexion. With further flexion, the pivot shift will occur indicated by the sudden reduction to the anterior subluxation of the tibial plateau indicating a positive test.\n\nDejour argues that if the pivot shift is violent and painful the posteromedial corner (PMC) is intact whereas a sluggish pivot shift indicates insufficiency of the PMC.\n\n[cta]\n\nOther common tests to assess for an ACL tear are:\n