The Rise and Fall of the Thessaly Test to Detect Meniscus Lesions To some of our followers, this might be "cold coffee" as we say in Germany, but sometimes it's good to have a look at older research. In the case of the Thessaly test, it's particularly interesting, because it shows how a flawed study design can lead to an overestimation of its prognostic value. While research has shown that it is very difficult to detect meniscus lesions by the means of clinical examination (Apley and McMurray te