Following a football injury, a patient complains of knee pain. To test the integrity of his anterior cruciate ligament, you would have him:

A) lay supine and press posteriorly on his patella.
B) sit with his leg flexed at the knee and pull anteriorly on his tibia.
C) sit with his leg flexed at the knee and push posteriorly on his tibia.
D) sit with his leg flexed at the knee and laterally rotate his leg.
E) sit with his leg flexed at the knee and medially rotate his leg.


Ans: B

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