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4 malpositions of patella |
Patella Alta Patella Baja Squinting Patella Grasshopper Eyes Patella |
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Malposition of patella where in one or both patellas are higher |
Patella alta |
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Manifestation of Patella Alta |
Camel Sign |
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Patella Alta is MC found in |
Females |
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Malposition of patella where in patella is low riding and causes the shortening of knee joint |
Patella baja / infera |
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A high degree of Patella Alta |
Grasshopper eyes patella |
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Causes the internal rotation of the patella |
Squinting patella |
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These are common in football and skiing |
MCL |
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Cause of MCL tears |
Impact force to the lateral knee |
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LCL tears are usually the result of |
Knee dislocations |
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Which is rare, MCL or LCL tears? |
LCL |
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Cause of recurrent patellar subluxation |
Overpulling of iliotibial tract |
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MC anterior knee pain syndrom |
PFPS |
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Cause of PFPS |
Patellar maltracking Lateral D/L patella Chondromalacia patella Position of patella |
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ITB slides over lateral femoral condyle with the knee during flexion or extension |
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome |
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Causes of iliotibial band friction syndrome |
Inflexibility of ITB Adductor/Abductor muscle imbalances |
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Other name for Patellar Tendinitis |
Jumper's Knee |
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MOI of Jumper's knee |
Overuse syndrome |
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Associated with high quadriceps loading: jumping, squatting and kneeling |
Jumper's knee |
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MC site of involvement of jumper's knee |
Inferior pole of patella |
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Inflammation/separation where the patella tendon attaches to the tibial tuberosity |
Osgood-Schlatter disease |
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The osgood-schlatter is more commonly found in ________, with _______y/o |
men, 10-14 years old |
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Apophysitis of distal pole of patella |
Sinding Larsen Johansson Disease |
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MC inflamed bursae of the knee |
Prepatellar |
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Condition found in the prepatellar ligament |
Housemaid's knee |
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Condition found in the superficial infrapatellar bursae |
Vicar/Parson's Knee |
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Condition in the popliteal bursae |
Baker's cyst |
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This diseases is more common among overweight children and from those of african-american descent |
Blount's disease |
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Progressive bow-leg deformity associated with the abnormal growth of the posteromedial part of tibia |
Blount's Disease |
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In knock knees, the distance between medial malleoli is |
<8 cm |
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In Bilateral bow leg, the distance between knees is |
<6 cm |
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Angle of a normal knee |
5-7 degrees |
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A traumatic dislocation of the patella results from direct trauma to what group of muscles |
Quadriceps (esp. Vastus Medialis) |
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This patellar fracture is the result of direct violence where in the patella is broken in smaller fragments |
Direct patellar fracture |
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This patellar fracture is caused by the contraction of the quadriceps across the femoral condyles |
Indirect patellar fracture |
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In a tibial or fibular fracture, if only one bone is fractured, the other acts as |
a splint |
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kind of fracture that the distal third of the shaft of tibia is prone to |
Delayed union or nonunion |
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TRUE OR FALSE: If you fracture your tibia, it usually is open to the external environment (compound fracture) |
TRUE |
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A fracture in the proximal end of the tibia at tibial condyles are common in |
middle-aged and elderly |
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Cause of fracture neck of talus |
Violent dorsiflexion |
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Cause of fracture body of talus |
Jumping from a height |
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Cause of fracture of calcaneum |
Fall from a height |
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You can fracture your 5th metatarsal by |
forced inversion |
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Stress fracture of the metatarsal bone is common in |
joggers, soldiers, nurses, and hikers |
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An injury to the common peroneal nerve causes |
footdrop |
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A ruptured achilles tendon is common in |
middle-aged men and tennis players |
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People with Plantar Fasciitis develop |
calcaneal spur |
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Most frequently injured ligament in the body |
Anterior Cruciate Ligament |
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Tears of the ACL are more common in |
women |
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This is capable in stabilizing thee kneee in presence of torn ligaments |
Quadriceps femoris |
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This action results in partial tearing of MCL |
Forced abduction |
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This action can result in injury to LCL |
Forced adduction |
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What meniscus is damaged more? Medial or lateral? |
Medial |
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Why is the medial meniscus damaged more |
Limited mobility due to attachment to medial collateral ligament |
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This muscle can help pull the lateral miniscus in a favorable position |
Popliteus |
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Which is more common: a sprain in the lateral or medial ankle? |
Lateral ankle |
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A sprain on the lateral ankle is caused by |
Excessive inversion of the foot with plantar flexion |
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A sprain at the medial ankle can be a result of |
Excessive eversion |
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A fracture dislocation of the ankle are caused by |
forced external rotation and overeversion of foot |
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If the fracture dislocation in the ankle occurs by forced overeversion (without rotation), what is fractured and how? |
Lateral malleolus fractured transversely (horizontally) |
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If the fracture dislocation of the ankle occurs by forced overinversion (without rotation), what is fractured and how? |
Medial malleolus fractured vertically |
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Lateral deviation of great toe at metatarsophalangeal joint |
Hallux valgus |
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Hallux valgus is more common in |
women |
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A stiff and painful metatarsophalangeal joint is called |
hallux rigidus |
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Flat foot deformity is also called |
Pes Planus |
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The meedial longitudinal arch is depressed or collapsed |
Pes planus (flat foot) |
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Clawfoot deformity is also callled |
Pes Cavus |
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The medial longitudinal arch is unduly high |
Pes Cavus |
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MC cause of Pes cavus |
Muscular imbalance from poliomyelitis |
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A hyperextension of the knee joint found in babies |
Genu Recurvatum |
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This is caused by the abnormal position or restricted movement of the fetus |
Talipes (club foot) |
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Forms of clubfoot |
Talipes calcaneovalgus Talipes equinovarus |
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Form of club foot where the ankle is dorsiflexed and everted at midtarsal joint |
Talipes calcaneovalgus |
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A form of club foot where the ankle is plantar flexed and inverted at midtarsal |
Talipes equinovarus |
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Refers to position where the distal segment is located toward the midline |
Calcaneal varus |
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Refers to position in which the distal segment is situated away from the midline |
Calcaneal valgus |
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Last two joints of toe is bent like a claw |
Claw toes |
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DIP joint of the toe is bent |
Mallet toe |
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Inflammation of fibrous tissue along the bottom of the foot |
Plantar fasciitis |