knee

Question 1

how do you start a knee exam

Answer 1

pain
exposure
correct position

Question 2

what do you do in the look stage

Answer 2

inspect knee standing- front, side and behind
inspect lying down

look for deformity, muscle wasting, scars, swelling and redness

Question 3

what do you do in feel stage

Answer 3

feel for joint warmth - BOTH knees
examine for joint effusion
palpate knee joint in slight flexion
measure thigh circumference

Question 4

what do you do in the move stage

Answer 4

assess knee extension
assess knee flexion
feel for crepitus

Question 5

what do you do in special tests

Answer 5

examine collateral ligaments

examine cruciate ligaments

Question 6

what do you offer for completeness

Answer 6

offer ipsilateral hip and contralateral knee

assess gait

Question 7

how do you examine the collateral ligaments

Answer 7

assess stability of knee to medial and lateral stresses using valgus and varus forces in 20 degrees of flexion

Question 8

how do you cruciate ligaments

Answer 8

place knee in 90 degrees of flexion and sit on patients foo- pull and push the tibia

Question 9

how do you check for joint effusion

Answer 9

patellar tap test and cross fluctuation