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Hoffa's test

Hoffa's test is a clinical test for a damaged fat pad.

With the patient lying on the coach, and the examiner standing by the patient’s knee, the examiner takes up the bent knee, pressing the thumbs of both hands deeply along the sides of the patellar tendon just below the patella. The patient is then instructed to straighten the leg. If there is inflammation of the fat pad, this causes pain in the fat pad region.