MOVING VALGUS STRESS TEST FOR MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INSUFFICIENCY OF THE ELBOW Alright, let's move on from posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) to medial at the elbow. If your patient is presenting after a trauma of the elbow and with medial elbow pain, one of the first things you want to test (after excluding a fracture) is the integrity of the ligaments. The moving valgus stress test is used to assess the medial collateral ligament at the elbow. According to a small study of O'Drisc

ELBOW ASSESSMENT SERIES PART 6: VALGUS INSTABILITY STRESS TEST In order to test the medial collateral ligament of the elbow, one test you can perform is the valgus instability stress test. With this test, you are trying to create a gap on the medial side of the elbow, which creates stress on the medial collateral ligamenet of the elbow. #Valgusinstability #shoulderassessment | Physiotutors