Injuries

Question 1

What Kind of shoulder injury?

Answer 1

Rotator cuff

Question 2

What is the cause of a rotator cuff injury?

Answer 2

Force overload during abduction, forward flexion and medial rotation.

Question 3

What are the signs and symptoms of a rotator cuff injury?

Answer 3

Painful Arc, unable to sleep on injured side.

Question 4

What are the tests for a rotator cuff injury?

Answer 4

Neer shoulder test and Hawkins Kennedy Test.

Question 5

How to preform the neer shoulder test

Answer 5

Grab above scapula, invert arm and lift. Positive test is indication of pain.

Question 6

How to preform the Hawkins Kennedy Test?

Answer 6

Place your arm across other persons chest, manually invert arm. Positive test is indication of pain.

Question 7

What is the two types of ankle injuries and the differences?

Answer 7

1. Anterior Talofibular Sprain - Inversion and Plantar Flexion.
2. Calcaneofibular Sprain - Inversion.

Question 8

What are the signs/ symptoms of a anterior talofibular sprain?

Answer 8

Pain and swelling, Point tenderness over ATF ligament, tearing or popping sensation.

Question 9

What are the signs and symptoms of a Calcaneofibular Sprain?

Answer 9

Bruised cartilage on top of talus, swelling and pain, tearing or popping sensation.

Question 10

What is the test for an anterior talofibular sprain?

Answer 10

Anterior drawer test

Question 11

What is the test for the calcaneofibular sprain?

Answer 11

Talar Tilt

Question 12

What are the three types of knee injuries, the causes and tests?

Answer 12

1. MCL - Force from lateral to medial by planted foot. Valgus stress test
2. ACL - Cutting or turning. Landing or sudden deceleration. Anterior Drawer, Lachman drawer test.
3. Meniscus - Compression, tensile and shear forces, landing and turning quickly, repeated deep flexion. McMurrays test.

Question 13

What are the signs and symptoms of each knee injury.

Answer 13

MCL - Unable to fully extend leg and walks on ball of foot, pop sound.

ACL - Pain is felt deep and anterior, popping, snapping or tearing sensation, rapid swelling, knee giving out feeling.

Meniscus - Localized pain and joint line tenderness, extreme pain when rotating and deep flexion.

Question 14

How to preform valgus stress test

Answer 14

Person in Supine position. Grab lower leg right above ankle, other hand on femur (outer thigh). Gentle external rotation, then preform passive abduction on femur. Positive test is reproduction of pain

Question 15

how to preform anterior draw test on the knee?

Answer 15

Supine position. Leg at 45 degrees and sit on foot . Find the joint line and palpate with thumbs. Yank on leg. Positive test is tibia comes anteriorly more than 6 mm or mushy end feel.

Question 16

how to preform lachmans drawer test

Answer 16

Supine position and knee at 30 degrees. fixate femur, other hand above ankle, externally rotate to isolate tibia. move to underneath knee, palpate femur and abduction with other hand. Positive if soft end feel or tibia translates more than 3mm more than uninjured leg.

Question 17

how to preform mcmurrays test?

Answer 17

Supine position. Leg at 90 degrees, flexing the hip as well. palpating the joint line and preforming extension. Preform with hip open and closed to find exact tear. Popping will occur with positive result.