Subjectives/Objectives

Question 1

MOI: Turning or twisting while WB’ing
Subjective: Catching/locking, pain with twisting, squatting or pivoting, joint line tenderness (capsule irritation, swelling with activity (around joint line) occurring gradually over several days
*Objective:

Answer 1

Mensical Injury

Question 2

MOI: Blow to anteromedial aspect of tibia near or at full extension; forced hyperextension/varus; Valgus force on flexed knee; severe tibial ER in flex or extension

• Subjective:
• Objective:

Answer 2

PLC Injury

Question 3

Acute trauma with hemarthrosis (0-2 hours, associated with osteochondral fracture), insidious onset aggravated by repetitive impact, intermittent pain and swelling, history of catching or locking, joint line tenderness

Answer 3

Articular Cartilage Defect

Question 4

Swelling min to severe, +/- warm to touch, pain with WB’ing or activity sometimes at rest, capsular pattern of motion loss (ROM value vs functional loss), muscle weakness, morning stiffness

Answer 4

Tibiofemoral OA

Question 5

PF pain
Radiographic evidence consistent of changes
OA symptoms

Answer 5

Patellofemoral OA

Question 6

Anterior knee pain with jumping, changing directions and decelerating, tender to palpation and evident tendon thickening

Answer 6

Patellar tendinopathy/tendinosis

Question 7

Point tenderness in lateral knee over popliteus insertion; pain increased with eccentric loading

Answer 7

Popliteus tendonitis

Question 8

Direct trauma, eccentric overload

Pain

Answer 8

Potential Femur/patella fracture

Question 9

Pain in medial knee, typically worse at night, increased with activity
Possible positive tinel’s sign at adductor canal, local tenderness, sensory changes

Answer 9

Saphenous nerve injury

Question 10

Compression or direct blow, pain parasthesias over lateral leg, possible motor weakness

Answer 10

Superficial peroneal nerve injury