in this video we are going to look at the bounce home test to evaluate lack of extension in the knee possibly indicating upon meniscus or other pathology [Music] hi and welcome back to physio judo's the characteristic of meniscus tears or other intra-articular pathologies such as loose bodies or excessive swelling is the lack of full knee extension the bounce home test as it is originally described has not been evaluated in diagnostic accuracy studies which is why the clinical value remains questionable the test is performed with the patient lying supine you're going to cup the patient's foot with your hands and have the leg completely flexed which is then passively allowed to extend the knee should extend completely or bounce home into extension with a sharp end point if extension is not complete or has a rubbery and feel with joint line pain there may be a torn meniscus heart and fields may indicate intra articular fragments such as loose bodies in case you're wondering how else you can assess for torn meniscus make sure to check our meniscus assessment playlist on the left a collection of all assessment tests from our channel can be found in our very own assessment ebook which you can purchase by clicking on the icon in the bottom left corner or check the first link in the video description please go ahead and follow us on other social media where we post a lot of content daily and don't forget to subscribe to our channel here on youtube if you haven't yet as always this was andreas for physio tutors I'll see you next time bye