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Year 1: 2019 PCM I Midterm > Lecture 11: Knee, Ankle, and Foot Complaint > Flashcards

Lecture 11: Knee, Ankle, and Foot Complaint Flashcards

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What does a “locking” sensation of the knee suggest?

A

Meniscal Tear

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What does a “popping” sensation of the knee suggest?

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Ligamentous tear or rupture

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What does a “giving out” sensation of the knee suggest?

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Ligamentous rupture or patellar subluxation

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What does a rapid onset of large, tense knee effusion suggest?

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ACL rupture or tibial plateau fracture

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What does a slower onset of moderate knee effusion suggest?

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Meniscal tear or ligamentous sprain

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What does a recurrent knee effusion suggest?

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Meniscal tear

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What are different techniques to palpate for effusions?

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Milking Techniques: Stroke down knee

Medial Pressure: Apply pressure to medial aspect of knee to look for lateral bulging

Fluid Wave Technique: Tap lateral knee and feel for fluid wave

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What does a Valgus knee stress test for?

What does a Varus knee stress test for?

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Valgus: MCL injury

Varus: LCL injury

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What does an Anterior Drawer test indiacte?

What does an Posterior Drawer test indiacte?

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ACL and PCL Injury

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What does a McMurray’s test indicate?

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Medial or lateral meniscal tear

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11
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What does the Ottawa Knee Rule encompass?

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  • Age is 55 years or over
  • Inability to bear weight for four steps immediately after injury or in emergency setting
  • Inability to flex knee to 90o
  • Tenderness over head of fibular or isolated to patella
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When should you obtain a knee x-ray after an acute knee injury?

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If the patient fits one of the Ottawa Knee Rule criteria

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13
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What is a meniscal injury?

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Medial or lateral joint line tenderness

-can treat with RICE

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What is Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome?

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Anterior Knee Pain

  • ​Pain under patella
  • Worsens when climbing up or down the stairs and prolonged sitting
  • Pain with squatting
  • Treat hip and quadriceps
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What is Osgood-Schlatter Disease?

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Tibial Apophysitis

  • Anterior knee pain seen often in children ages 9-14 with a rapid growth spurt
    • Tenderness of bony prominence over tibial tuberosity
  • Chronic avulsion of tibial tuberosity
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16
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What is Pes Anserinus Pain Syndrome?

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Medial Knee Pain

  • Worsened with repetive flexion and extension
  • Risk Factors: Diabetes, Female, Obesity
  • Pain worse at night
17
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What is Iliotibial Band Syndrome?

A

Knee Pain

  • Common knee pain, especially in runners or cyclists
    • Intermittent sharp pain that can progress to constant, deep pain
  • Noble Test can detect
18
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What is Popliteal Cyst (Baker’s Cyst)?

A

Bursa

  • Mostly asymptomatic and an incidental finding
    • Can present with posterior knee pain, knee stiffness, or mass behind knee
  • Foucher’s Sign: cyst softens or disappears with knees flexed to 45o
19
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What does a Talar Tilt test indicate?

A

Lateral Ankle Sprain

Calcaneofibular Ligament Sprian

Anterior Tabofibular Ligament Injury

20
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What does an ankle Anterior Drawer Test for?

A

Lateral Ankle sprain

21
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What does an eversion ankle test for?

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Medial Ankle Sprain

Deltoid Ligament Injury

22
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What does a squeeze test indicate?

A

High Ankle Sprain

Distal Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Injury

23
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What does Homan’s Sign test for?

24
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What is Plantar Fasciitis?

A

Foot Pain

  • Very common foot pain in adults
    • Overuse can cause microtears in plantar fascia, resuliting in degeneration of fibrous tissue or acute inflammation
    • Presents as sharp, stabbing, medial, plantar heel pain
  • Risk Factors: Running, obesity, flat feet, high-arched feet
  • Tenderness to palpation over medial plantar calcaneal region
  • Pain worse with passive dorsiflexion
25
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What is the most common ankle sprain?

A

Lateral Ankle Sprain

26
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What other injuries do you see with lateral ankle sprain?

Is the foot everted or inverted?

Is it plantar flexed or dorsi flexed?

A

Lateral ankle ligaments (e.g. anterior talofibular and calcaneofibular ligaments) injury secondary to foot inversion and plantar flexion

27
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What other injuries do you see with medial ankle sprain?

Is the foot everted or inverted?

A

Medial ankle ligaments (e.g. deltoid ligament complex) injury secondary to eversion

28
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What other injuries do you see with syndesmotic (high ankle) sprain?

Is the foot everted or inverted?

Is it plantar flexed or dorsi flexed?

A

Distal Tibiofibular Syndesmosis Injury

Foot eversion and Dorsiflexion

29
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How does the Ottawa Rules apply to the ankle?

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X-rays Performed if:

  • Tenderness over medial or lateral malleolus
    • Inability to bear weight immediately after injury
  • Tenderness over base of 5th metatarsal or navicular
30
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What joint is most likely to experience a gout flare?

A

1st metatarsophalangeal joint

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