Flip a coin or not? LE Flashcards

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Anterior Drawer

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Tests ligamentous laxity (ATFL & Ant Delt)

Meh (OK spin .73 but not great, Shitty Snout .33)

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Medial Talar Tilt

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Tests for ligamentous laxity of ATFL, CFL, & PTFL

Good Spin .88 worth doing to rule in

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Impingement Sign

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Tests for anterior ankle impingment
Awesome spin (.88) and snout (.95) (DO IT)
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Talocrural Impingement (CPR)

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Great snout (.94)
Spin (meh .75)
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Syndesmosis Squeeze Test

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Syndesmotic ankle sprains
Spin is awesome (.94) Rule it in
Flip a coin on snout (.30) Can’t rule it out

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External Rotation Test

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Tests for Syndesmotic ankle sprain
Good spin (.85)
Flip a coin for snout (Crappy .20)

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Thompson Test

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Tests for Achilles tendon integrity
Its going to tell you everything you need to know about the Achilles integrity
Snout .96
Spin .93

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Navicular Drop

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Less than 3 mm drop may indicate need for OTC orthotics
Spin good (.80)
Dont worry about snout

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Ottawa Ankle Rules

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Definitely can rule out a fracture, can’t rule one in
Snout .98
Spin .20
Put a tuning fork on the lat malleolus and see if it hurts (improves accuracy)

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10
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FABER

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Presence of hip pathology (not specific)

Just flip a coin

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Item Cluster: Hip Osteoarthritis

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Identify presence of osteoarthritis in the hip (either cluster)
good snout (.86)
Spin ok (.75)
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Hip Quadrant

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Presence of hip pathology (not specific)
Snout meh (.75)
flip a coin to rule it in (.43 Spin)

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13
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FAIR test

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Test for irritation or compression of sciatic nerve
I would do it
Spin .83
Snout .88

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CPR: Radiographic Lumbar Instability

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Detect radiographic instability
Positive if no hypomobility in vertebral segments and lumbar flexion greater than 53 when measured w/ single bubble inclinometer
Awesome Spin (.98)
Don’t even think you can rule out instability though (.29 snout)

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Slump Test

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Test for disc bulge or herniation
Doc Z would use it to rule out but would flip a coin to rule it in
.92 snout
.28 spin

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16
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Straight Leg Raise Test

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Tests for disc bulge or herniation
Good spin (.90)
BAD snout (.28)
Maybe add with slump test (switched snout and spin)
17
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Slump Knee Bend Test

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Tests for nerve root compression
Snout 1.00 ?? What
Spin .83 Still good
Can also test for femoral neural tension

18
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Prone Instability Test

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Tests Lumbar Instability
Not a great test by itself
Snout .72
Spin .58

19
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Passive Lumbar Extension Test

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Tests for radiographic lumbar instability

Good snout and spin (.84 snout, .83 spin)

20
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CPR: Lumbar Manipulation

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Determine likelihood that patient will respond to lumbar manip
Pretty Awesome +LR 13.2 when having 4 positive tests from CPR
-duration of current LBP 16 or less days
-No symptoms distal to knee
-FABQ work subscale 18 or less points
-Segmental hypomible in at least 1 segment
-Hip IR ROM with 1 or both hips has at least 35 degrees

21
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Gillet Test

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Tests for Sacroiliac Dysfunction
Not great by itself
Snout sucks (.43)
Spin (.68)

22
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Supine to Long Sit

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Tests for sacroiliac dysfunction
Not very reliable
Snout (.44), Spin (.64)

23
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CPR for Sacroiliac Dysfunction

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Good for ruling out .91 Snout
Spin (.78) almost there
-Distraction test
-Thigh Thrust Test
-Gaenslen Test
-Compression Test
-Sacral Thrust
24
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Lachman Test

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Best test for ACL integrity
Snout .85
Spin .94

25
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Anterior Drawer Test

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Can rule in an ACL can’t rule it out
Spin - .92
Snout - .55

26
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Pivot Shift

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Same as Anterior Drawer (rule in ACL, not out)
Spin .98
Snout .24 (don’t event try to rule out ACL injury)

27
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Posterior Drawer Test

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Kind of awesome for checking the PCL
Snout .9
Spin .99

28
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Valgus Stress Test

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MCL integrity
Not so great just judging on Pain
Good snout when checking laxity (.91)
Spin sucks

29
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Varus Stress Test

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LCL integrity

Don’t really know a lot about it

30
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McMurray Test

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Medial and Lateral Meniscus Integrity
Better at ruling in lateral meniscus (spin .94)
Other then that, not so good

31
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Apley Grind Test

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Medial and lateral meniscus integrity
Ok with ruling in injury spin .84
Not good at ruling out Snout .38

32
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Thessaly .20

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Best for medial and lateral meniscus integrity
Can rule in or rule out meniscus injury pretty regularly
(Spin and Snout good for both Medial and Lateral Meniscus)

33
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Joint Line Tenderness

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Better at ruling in meniscus injury (Spin .76 medial, .97 Lateral)
Not as good with ruling out (snout .83 medial, .68 lateral)

34
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Test Item Cluster: Knee Osteoarthritis

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3/6 signs
Good at ruling out OA for the knee (.69)
-age >50
-Stiff > 30 min
-Crepitus
-Bony Tenderness
-Bony Enlargement
-No palpable warmth
35
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Ottawa Knee Rules

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Determine if radiographs are needed
Great at ruling out fracture (.99 snout)
->55
-Isolated patellar tenderness
-Tenderness of fib head
-Inability to flex to 90
-Inability to bear weight immediately after injury and in the emergency department (4 steps)