step 4

Question 1

What do we do at step 4 ?

Answer 1

Compare by feeling

Question 2

Running order for compare by feeling ?

Answer 2

knee
quads
suprspatellar pouch
femoral groove
tibial tuberosity and pre patellar tendon

lateral meniscus, femoral condyle, lateral collateral ligament and head of fibula.

Medial meniscus, femoral condyle, medial collateral ligament, popliteal fossa.

Question 3

What are we feeling the knee for?

Answer 3

heat or inflammation

Question 4

what can heat and inflammation of the knee suggest?

Answer 4

inflammation
bleeding

Question 5

what are we feeling the quadriceps for?

Answer 5

wasting of the muscle

Question 6

what are we feeling the supra patellar pouch for?

Answer 6

pain

Question 7

what are we feeling the femoral groove for ?

Answer 7

pain

Question 8

what are we feeling the tibial tuberosity and prepattellor tendon for?

Answer 8

tenderness or inability to extend leg

Question 9

what tenderness or inability to extend leg indicate in regards to the tibial tuberosity and prepatellor tendon?

Answer 9

partial or complete tear of the prepatellor tendon

Question 10

what are we feeling for when feeling the lateral meniscus, femoral condyle, lateral collateral ligament and head of fibula ?

Answer 10

Pain

Question 11

what are we feeling for when feeling the medial meniscus, femoral condyle, medial collateral ?

Answer 11

pain

Question 12

what are we feeling the popliteal fossa for?

Answer 12

pain
swelling
bursa (bakers cyst).