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Drawer test
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The drawer test is used in the initial clinical assessment of suspected rupture of the cruciate ligaments in the knee.[1]

  1. ^ Butler DL, Noyes FR, Grood ES (Mar 1980). "Ligamentous restraints to anterior-posterior drawer in the human knee. A biomechanical study". J Bone Joint Surg Am. 62 (2): 259–70. PMID 7358757.

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