The Foot & Ankle Flashcards

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S&S of Ottawa Ankle Rules

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Ages 2-55

  • Tenderness over posterior distal 6cm or tup of the medial or lateral malleolus
  • Tender over the base of the 5th metatarsal
  • Tender over navicular
  • Inability to take 4 weight bearing steps (total)
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S&S of Stress Fracture

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Pain more intense after exercise than before

Point tenderness

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S&S of LisFranc Fracture

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Accessory motions of these joints painful, hypermobile, or crepitus

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S&S of Calcaneal Apophysitis (sever’s disease)

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Antalgic gait

Localized pain/tenderness

Tight Achilles tendon

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S&S of Morton’s Neuroma

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Often have numbness/tingling distally

  • Patient’s may not realize they have lost sensation
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S&S of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

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May present with heel pain distal to compression

Dimished sensation (patient may not know…)

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S&S of Compartment Syndrome

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Swelling/taught/shinny skin

AROM painful with compartment compressed

PROM painful when compartment stressed

May have sensory imvolvement

May have foot drop

Pain with resitance

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S&S of Shin Splints

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Tightness/tenderness along tibia/fibula

Hypermobile feet/pronated feet

Supinated feet

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S&S of Tibialis Posterior Strain

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Pain at insertion on navicular or in sulcus behind medial malleolus

Pain with walking/running

Slight swelling

AROM painful with plantar-flexion and inversion

PROM painful with dorsiflexion and eversion

Point tender on post. tib. tendon

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S&S of Peroneal Tendinitis

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Resisted AROM eversion is painful

PROM inversion is painful

Tender over peroneal tendons

May have ankle instability

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S&S of Achilles Tendinitis

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Decreasedlexability of gastroc/soleus

Hyperpronation

Tenderness over tendon

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12
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S&S of Retrocalcaneal Bursitis

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Localized swelling and warmth

Tenderness to palpation

Pain with AROM and PROM

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S&S of Achilles Tendon Rupture

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Palpable/visible defect in tendon

Swelling and ecchymosis

Weak plantar-flexion

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14
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S&S of Plantar Fascitis

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Pain in heel which is worse in the morning

Pain with terminal stance and WB in gait

Pain anteromedial side of calcaneus

Pain with great toe extension

Resistive testing negative

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S&S of Inversion Ankle Spains

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Significant swelling

Antalgic gait

Tenderness to palpation

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S&S of High Ankle Sprains

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Pain with dorsiflexion and ER as talus spreads distal tib-fib joint

Ankle pain is more proximal than traditional sprains

17
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S&S of Great Toe Injuries

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Hallux valgus

  • Tight calves –> over pronation compensation
18
Q

S&S of Metatarsalgia

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Poor calf flexibility

Over-supination/Over-pronation

Pain when WB on ball of foot

Plattened transverse arch

19
Q

Special Test for Morton’s Neuroma

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Compression Test

20
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Special Tests for Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

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Sensation tests

Weakened strength

Positive tinel’s sign

May reproduce pain with SLR

21
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Special Test for Compartment Syndrome

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Neuro exam

  • Sensation
  • Motor
22
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Special Tests for Tibialis Posterior Strain

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Differential Diagnose:

  • Plantar fascitis
  • Tarsal tunnel syndrome
23
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Special Test for Peroneal Tendinitis

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Accessory motions

24
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Special Tests for Achilles Tendinitis

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Differential Diagnosis:

  • Superficial Achillis bursitis
  • Deep Achillis bursitis
25
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Special Test for Achilles Tendon Rupture

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Thompson test

26
Q

Special Tests for Plantar Fascitis

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Plantar fascitis stretch

Windlass test

Differential Diagnose:

  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
27
Q

Special Tests for Inversion Ankle Sprains

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Anterior Drawer (ATFL assessment)

Talar Tilt Test (CFL assessment)

Rule Out:

  • Neurological damage
  • Fractures
28
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Special Test for Eversion Ankle Sprains

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Eversion Talar Tilt Test

29
Q

Special Tests for High Ankle Sprains

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Talar Tilt Test

Tib/Fib Squeeze

Klieger’s Test

Rule Out:

  • Fibular Fracture
30
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Special Test for Metatarsalgia

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Differential Diagnose:

  • Motron’s Neuroma