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31 Cards in this Set
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How many degrees of motion does the knee possess? |
One
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A patient exhbits 5 degrees of hyper-extension at the knee and 145 degrees of flexion. How would this reported in the chart?
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-5-145 degrees or 5-0-145 |
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Which of the quadricep muscles crosses two joints?
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rectus femoris
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True or False: the Popliteus is a knee flexor.
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True
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True or False: The quads are innervated by the femoral nerve.
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True
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A 50% loss in normal DF would mean how much motion is available?
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Normal DF=20 degress. Half is 10 degrees
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How many repetitions does it take to achive a Normal grade for PF?
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6
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A PTA wants to isolate the Soleus muscle when performing a MMT. What should the PTA ask the patient to do?
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Flex the knee while performing PF
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What motion in the ankle would be compromised if the Tibial nerve was injured?
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PF
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What nerve innervates the ankle evertors?
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Superficial branch peroneal nerve |
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Name all of the muscles that orginate from the fibula.
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Peroneus longus, peroneus brevis, Ext Hallicus longus, extensor digitorium longus, tibialis posterior, soleus and flexor hallicus longus
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What muscles insert into the Achilles' tendon?
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Solues, Gastrocnemius, and Plantaris
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Name the muscles that can medially rotate the knee when it is flexed.
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Popliteus, semitendinosus, gracilis, sartorius and semimembranosus
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True or False: the capsular pattern for the knee is: knee flexion loss is > knee extension loss.
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True
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True or False: ankle inversion and eversion occurs in the frontal plane.
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True
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True or False: the anterior tibialis can dorsiflex and evert the ankle.
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False, it inverts
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What is the capsular pattern for the ankle joint (talocrural joint)?
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PF loss is > DF loss
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Which of the following muscles inserts into a tarsal bone?
a. Ant Tib b. Peroneus Longus c. Flexor Digitorum Longus d. Post Tib |
Ant tib and Post Tib
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A muscle that courses posterior to the medial-lateral axis of rotation of the ankel can be predicted to produce which of the following actions?
a. DF b. PF c. Inversion d. Eversion |
PF
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What is the loosed packed position for the ankle (Talocural) joint.
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10 degrees of PF, midway between max inversion and eversion.
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What is the loosed packed position for the subtalar joint.
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Midway between extremes of inversion and eversion
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What is the end feel for knee extension?
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Firm
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What is normal ROM at the knee?
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0-135 degrees
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Where should the axis of the goniometer be placed when measuring knee flexion?
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Over the lateral epicondyle of the femur
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What bony landmark should the moving arm be aligned with when measuring knee extension?
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Lateral Malleolus
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Name the 3 muscles that make up the pes anserinus?
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Sartorius, Gracilius and Semitendinosus
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What position should the patient be placed in to perform a poor test for knee flexion?
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Sidelying on the uninvolved side
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Where should resistance be applied when performing a good grade for knee extension?
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On the anterior aspect of the lower leg just proximal to the ankle.
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True or False: when testing the strength of the quads, the therapist's resistance is in the direction of knee extension.
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False, knee flexion. When performing MMT, the therapist's resistance should always be in the opposite direction of the movement being tested.
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What is the loosed-packed positon for the knee?
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25 degrees of flexion
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What is the closed packed position of the knee?
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Full extension and ER of the tibia
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