Silverskold Test

Courtesy: Professor Nabile Ebraheim, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Toledo, Ohio, United States. Multi media presentation involving Gastrocnemius contracture. The test described to differentiate gastrocnemius versus soleus contracture is called the Silverskold test. Assess ankle dorsiflexion with hip and knee extension. Then assess ankle dorsiflexion with hip and knee in flexion, if there is an improvement in dorsiflexion, a gastrocnemius contracture is said to be present.