Knee Flashcards
What motions cause Anterior/Posterior glide of the tibia on the femur respectively?
Extension
Flexion
What motion leads to anteromedial glide of tibia on femur?
What about posterolateral glide?
External rotation of knee = anteromedial glide
Internal rotation of knee = posterolateral glide
What ligaments are taught during posterolateral glide?
ACL/PCL
What ligaments are taught during anteromedial glide?
MCL/LCL
Where can tenderness be palpated in external rotation of the knee?
Anteromedial portion of joint line
Where can tenderness be palpated in internal rotation?
The entire joint line
Describe the pronation motion of the ankle?
What about supination?
Pronation = dorsiflexion, eversion, abduction (accompanied by anterior glide of the fibular head)
Supination = plantarflexion, inversion, adduction (accompanied by posterior glide of the fibular head
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Side not 15 = normal Q angle
How does the fibular head move in suppination of the ankle?
What about pronation?
Supination = posteriorly
Pronation = anteriorly
Q-Angle & valgus vs varum knees
Normal Q-angle is 15° Females typically have increased Q-angle
Valgus = higher value
Varum = loer value
Osteopathic Evaluation of the knee
ER Tibiofemoral Somatic Dysfunction: ME
IR SD is just in the opposite direction
What position is the patient in during Extended Tibiofemoral Somatic Dysfunction: Muscle Energy?
Prone
Flexed Tibiofemoral Somatic Dysfunction: Muscle Energy
What kind of knee positioning is present in Adduction dysfunction of the knee?
What is the patient’s knee placed in during this?
Valgus
Extension
What position is the knee in during anterior fibular head dysfunction?
Extended
What accompanies a posterior fibular head dysfunction?
How is the patient’s knee placed?
Accompanied by plantarflexion, foot inversion, adduction and lower leg IR.
Knee is placed into 90 degrees flexion.
