GODFREY 90/90 TEST

TEST POSITIONING 1

The client lies supine on a table with both the hip and knee of the involved side flexed to 90-degrees.

ACTION

The tharapist passively stabilizes the positioning of the client's hip and knee while assessing the location of the tibia along the longitudinal axis.

POSITIVE FINDING

The recognition of one tibia resting more interiorly than the contralateral side may indicate a posterior sag or instability.

This may be related to the posterior cruciate ligament.

CONSIDERATIONS & COMMENTS

This test must be performed bilaterally.

Applying a superior force to the tibia from the posterior aspect may reduce the alignment to a normal resting position if it is actually found to be sagging.

It is important to maintain neutral tibial rotation, otherwise a positive finding may be the result of a capsular extensibility.