MSRA: Knee Problems

Question 1

What is housemaid’s knee?

Answer 1

Prepatellar bursitis

Question 2

What is clergyman’s knee?

Answer 2

Infrapatellar bursitis

Question 3

What is meant by Osgood-Schlatter’s disease?

Answer 3

Chronic inflammation at patellar ligament insertion on to tibial tuberosity

Pain, tenderness and swelling over the tibial tuberosity

Question 4

What are the common features of meniscal tear?

Answer 4

Knee locking and giving way
Swelling of the knee which gradually develops over hours following the injury

Question 5

What are the features of chondromalacia patellae?

Answer 5

Anterior knee pain typically on walking up and down stairs

Question 6

What are the features of iliotibial band syndrome?

Answer 6

Sharp pain on lateral aspect of the knee

Question 7

What are the features of osteochondritis dissecans?

Answer 7

Pain after exercise
Intermittent swelling and locking
Adolescents

Question 8

What are the features of patellar subluxation?

Answer 8

Medial knee pain, knee may give way

Question 9

What are the key features of a Baker’s cyst?

Answer 9

Associated with underyling knee pathology e.g. RA or OA
Posterior knee pain/swelling
Swelling becomes tense with knee extension

Question 10

Name one key difference between ACL and meniscal tears?

Answer 10

Swelling in ACLs occurs rapidly due to haemoarthrosis

Question 11

Name two tests to assess the menisci

Answer 11

McMurray test
Thessaly test