The Field Assessment
HOPS
History
-what happen?
-what did athlete feel/hear?
Observations
-Inspect injured area
-what did you see/hear?
Palpations
-Start away from injury and work towards it
Stress Tests
-Which ones and why?
Guidelines for RTS
-No instabilities
-Full ROM
-80% of strength or better
-Able to perform sports demands
return with protection if possible
Anterior Drawer test (ankle)
Tests for damage to the anterior talo-fibular ligament (ATFL)
Talar Tilt test
just passive inversion through a combination of neutral, doris flexed, and plantar flexed positions.
pain during plantar flex (ATFL)
pain during neutral (CFL)
pain during dorsoflex(PTFL)