Surgery: Musculoskeletal - Hip Exam, Knee Exam

Question 1

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What is the set up of a Hip Exam?

Answer 1

Question 2

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the gait signs in a Hip Exam?

Answer 2

Question 3

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What needs to be examined when the patient is standing in a Hip Exam?

Answer 3

Question 4

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What is the Trendelenberg Test?

Answer 4

Question 5

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What is examined when the patient is supine in a Hip Exam?

Answer 5

Question 6

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What is palpated in a Hip Exam?

Answer 6

Question 7

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the normal angles of movement in a Hip Exam?

Answer 7

Question 8

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What is Thomas’s test?

Answer 8

Question 9

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What is needed to complete a Hip Exam?

Answer 9

Question 10

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What does a Trendelenberg Test indicate?

Answer 10

Superior gluteal nerve damage affects the gluteus medius

Question 11

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the causes of True Shortening?

Answer 11

Question 12

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the causes of Apparent Shortening?

Answer 12

Question 13

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

Where is Hip pain usually referred to?

Answer 13

Question 14

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the causes of Fixed Flexion Deformity?

Answer 14

Question 15

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the Features of Osteoarthritis of the hip?

Answer 15

Question 16

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What is the set up of a Knee Exam?

Answer 16

Question 17

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the gait signs in a Knee Exam?

Answer 17

Question 18

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the main things to look for when a patient is standing in a knee exam?

Answer 18

1. Skin
2. Shape
3. Deformity

Question 19

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the skin signs to look for when a patient is standing in a knee exam?

Answer 19

Question 20

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the Shape signs to look for when a patient is standing in a knee exam?

Answer 20

Question 21

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the Deformity signs to look for when a patient is standing in a knee exam?

Answer 21

Question 22

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the palpation considerations in a Knee Exam?

Answer 22

Question 23

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the movement features of a Knee Exam?

Answer 23

Question 24

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the main special tests in a Knee Exam?

Answer 24

• Cruciate Ligament
• Collateral Ligament
• Menisci

Question 25

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the features of a Cruciate Ligament special test?

Answer 25

Question 26

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the features of a Collateral Ligament special test?

Answer 26

Question 27

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the features of a Menisci special test?

Answer 27

• McMurray = flexion and external rotation of the knee
• Apley Grind test = downward pressure with internal and external rotation of the knee

Question 28

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What is needed to complete a Knee Exam?

Answer 28

Question 29

Hip Exam, Knee Exam

What are the features of a Knee Effusion?

Answer 29