Sitting or lying supine
Ask the patient to wear shorts to allow direct palpation on the skin.
Anterior or lateral to the patient.
Please sit (or lie down on your back). Relax. May I touch around your knee? (or demonstrate).
Guide the patient to sit (or lie supine). Touch the large bony prominences on the medial and lateral aspects of the distal femur.
VH - Femoral condyles ñ add the quadriceps tendon, patellar ligament, quadriceps and the patellar retinaculum on one side