Sitting, standing, or lying supine
Ask the patient to wear shorts to allow direct palpation on the skin.
Anterior to the patient.
Please sit (or other position). May I touch the front of your knee? (or demonstrate).
Guide the patient to be in the position you want. If given permission, move your fingers along the flat surfaces on the proximoanterior tibia. The ability to press into the tibiofemoral joint space will be abruptly stopped medially by the medial or tibial collateral ligament.
VH - Tibial condylesñ add the patellar ligament and quadriceps on one side