Validity of the Thessaly Test in Evaluating Meniscal Tears Compared With Arthroscopy: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Abstract

Diagnosis, level 2b.

Comparison of the Thesslay Test and McMurray Test: A Systematic Review of Comparative Diagnostic Studies

“…The inclusion and exclusion criteria used varied between the included studies. Three studies included participants with suspected meniscal tears [8,18,20]. In contrast Mirzatolooei et al included participants with confirmed ACL tears who were awaiting surgical repair [19].…”

“…Konan et al [18], Mirzatolooei et al [19] and Goossens et al [20] all employed a diagnostic accuracy study. Karachalios et al employed a randomised two group, pre and post-test design [8].…”

“…All studies included both inclusion and exclusion criteria as a requisite to clinically diagnose a meniscal tear [8,[18][19][20]. Duration of symptoms were only reported by two of the included studies [8,20], but this varied considerably from more than 3 months [20] weeks to less than 4 weeks [8]. For the other studies, no specific time scales were reported [18,19].…”

“…All four studies investigated the Thessaly test performed at 20° of knee flexion [8,[18][19][20]. Two studies also investigated the Thessaly test performed at 5° of knee flexion [8,18].…”

“…Another study by Harrison study not including the McMurray's test [17]. The remaining 4 articles [8,[18][19][20], which described 4 separate studies, were all included in this review. The characteristics of these studies are presented in Table 2.…”