Treatment Flashcards
Traumatic Arthritis
Strengthen musculature surrounding knee, NSAIDs,
Cortisol injections, Surgery (debridement)
Hemarthrosis
Joint aspiration gold standard
Monoarticular Steroid-Sensitive Arthritis
Intra-articular steroid injections
Crystal Synovitis
Triamcinolone,
Oral NSAID
Septic Arthritis
Antibiotics,
Joint aspiration
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Strengthening exercises (knee stability), NSAIDS, DMARDs, Glucocorticoids, TKA if very severe
Early Arthrosis
Strengthen musculature surrounding knee, NSAIDs,
Cortisol injections, Surgery (debridement)
Discoid Meniscus
Total and partial meniscectomy; cryotherapy, analgesics, NSAIDs;
PT strengthening quads, hams, hip;
ROM; neuromuscular coordination and proprioceptive re-ed; progressive weight-bearing
Bucket-Handle Meniscal Lesion
Stable tears - observation, PT intervention;
Unstable tears - arthroscopic meniscectomy or meniscal repair
Posterior Lesion
Manipulation
Surgery or prophylaxis
Loose Bodies in Adolecents
Manipulation,
Extraction
Loose Bodies Complicating Arthrosis
Manipulation,
Extraction
Medial Coronary Ligament Injuries
Deep friction or infiltration
Medial Colateral Ligament (MCL) Injuries
Acute: deep friction and mobilization or triamcinolone;
Chronic: manipulation after deep friction
Intra-articular Adhesions
Arthroscopic surgery, CPM,
Joint mobilization,
Joint manipulation
Advanced Arthrosis
Strengthen musculature surrounding knee, NSAIDs,
Cortisol injections, Surgery (debridement)
Subsynovial Hematoma
Aspiration
Medial Collateral Bursitis
Aspiration,
Triamcinolone
Medial Mensicus Injury
Manipulation,
Conservative management,
Surgery
Patellar Bursitis
Aspiration/infiltration,
Surgery
Popliteal (Baker’s) Cyst
Ice massage,
Hamstring stretching & quad strengthening,
Aspiration
Adherent Vastus Intermedius
ROM exercises,
Surgical correction
Chronic Non-Adherent Ligamentous lesion (Plica Mediopatellaris)
Triamcinolone, Arthroscopic section
Loose Body
Manipulation,
Extraction