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| How do you differentiate a locked from a psuedolocked knee? |
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true knee locking is:
*caused by trauma
*unable to move, usually at 45 degrees of flexion |
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| Meniscus tears, detached tissue lodging in the knee, cruciate ligament tears are all possible injuries for someone with... |
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| A patient complaining of a locked knee has pain and increasing edema in her knee, what is the diagnosis? |
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| Pseudolocking -from pain and muscle spasm secondary to increasing edema. |
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| What is the mechanism of injury for ACL tear? |
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* knee hyperextension injury
* High risk sports (skiing, basketball, football, volleyball) |
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What injury has the following symptoms:
*painful "popping" at time of injury
*swelling/hemarthrosis within 2 hrs
*"giving way" or buckling sensation of knee |
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The following management techniques are appropriate for which injuries?:
Quadriceps strengthening, Knee brace, avoid jumping sports, surgery |
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The following management techniques are appropriate for which injuries?:
Quadriceps strengthening,
Knee brace,
knee immobilization with splint for short period,
rarely surgery |
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| Although PCL tears are uncommon, what are the 2 most likely mechanisms of injury? |
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*impact to front of tibia with knee flexed
*hyperflexion (in athletes) |
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| What are 3 signs of PCL injury? |
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*effusion
*popliteal tenderness in acute phase
*Positive Posterior Drawer & Sag tests |
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| What may cause a false negative for the posterior drawer & sag tests when checking for PCL Tear? |
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| What are two common mechanisms of injury for MCL tears? |
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* Impact force to lateral knee
* Valgus force
(common in football & skiing) |
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| what type of knee ligament tear may allow walking and running after initial pain, and knee becomes stiff several hours later? |
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| LCL tears are usually the result of ... |
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| how common are isolated LCL injuries? |
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*Jin gu die shang wan,
*Great Mender
*Shao Lin Wu Xiang Jiu
Are all formulas used to treat what? |
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| What condition means "softening of the articular cartilage of the Knee-cap?" |
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| "softening" of the knee caps's articular cartilage, causing irregularitites along the undersurface of the patella, occurs in which two groups of patients? |
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* age 40+ with general wear and tear
* Teenagers, esp girls, due to structural changes and muscle imbalance around knee |
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patient with these symptoms likely has what?
*pain around the knee cap
*aggravated when squatting, kneeling or on stairs
* Sounds of crepitus with aquatting |
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| What causes ITB syndrome? |
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| Tight ITB rubs against the lateral epicondyle of the femur (at 30-40 degrees of knee flexion) |
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| A px with lateral knee pain that's gradually increased, and is worse with running, especially downhill, likely has what? |
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| Px who over pronate, have leg length discrepancies, are bow legged, or are runners are at risk for what knee pain syndrome? |
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| What are three treatment options for px with ITB? |
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*STRETCHING ITB, hip flexors, glut max
*STRENGTHEN hip adductors, glut max, Tensor Fasciae Latae
*ORTHOTICS if overpronation is the cause |
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| An athletic px with anterior knee pain when she jumps likely has... |
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| Patellar tendonitis is usually caused by tramautic or repetitive stress injury? |
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| A young athlete with pain and swelling at the tibial tuberosity likely has? |
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| What disease results from rapid adolescent growth and tendon pulling causing irritation of the knee's growth plate? |
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A px with
*painful, hot, tender, tibial tuberosity
*tibial tuberosity swelling
*pain with resisted knee extension
likely has? |
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| Patients with Osgood Schlatter Disease should... |
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| Reduce Physical activity, perhaps with a splint |
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