techique

Position

- patient supine on radiolucent table

- place ECG lead and artery clip over centre of femoral head

- useful to put II ipsilateral to leg, and place knee on cassette

Indication

Diagnostic

Pain / Stiffness / Locking

Instability

- exclude OCD

Assess syndesmosis

Therapeutic

Synovitis

Osseous lesions / Tibiotalar impingement spurs

Osteochondral defects