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ANTERIOR DRAWER TEST OF THE ANKLE The Anterior Drawer Test of the ankle mainly assesses the integrity of the anterior talofibular ligament, which most often gets injured in case of an inversion trauma. In an acute setting (wtihin 5 days after inversion trauma), the test seems to perform pretty well with a sensitivity of 96% and a specificity of 84% (Van Dijk et al. 1996). Croy et al. (2013) investigated its accuracy in chronic situations and found a Sn of 74% / Sp 38% for >2.2mm of anterior disp