Special Tests
Muscles
Motions
Injuries
Shin Splints
200
You tap the bottom of the calcaneus to check for a fracture of the calcaneus or talus.
What is the Bump Test?
200
Name one of the 3 muscles that attach to the Achilles tendon.
What is the gastrocnemius, soleus or plantaris?
200
Moving your foot inward is this ankle motion.
What is Inversion?
200
Feeling like you got kicked in the back of the leg and a loss of the plantarflexion reflex are signs and symptoms of this injury.
What is an achilles tendon rupture?
200
This degree of shin splints is where a stress fracture occurs.
What is third degree?
300
You pull the calcaneus towards you to test the Anterior Talofibular Ligament from an inversion sprain.
What is the Anterior Drawer test?
300
Daily Double
What is the Tibialis Anterior?
300
Moving your foot outward is this ankle motion.
What is Eversion?
300
Losing feeling and circulation after a kick to the lower leg is a sign and symptom of this type of medical emergency.
What is acute compartment syndrome?
300
This degree of shin splint is where a complete fracture occurs.
What is fourth degree?
400
You pull the calcaneus inward to test the calcaneofibular ligament from an inversion sprain.
What is the Inversion Stress test?
400
This muscle group everts the ankle.
What is peroneals?
400
Flexing your foot towards your shin is this ankle motion.
What is Dorsiflexion?
400
Palpable tenderness on the medial malleolus of the tibia is a sign and symptom of this injury.
What is an avulsion fracture?
400
This degree of shin splints is caused by a muscle strain to the tibialis anterior or posterior.
What is first degree?
500
You try to shift the talus side to side to test the tibiofibular ligaments of a high ankle sprain.
What is the Cotton test?
500
These two muscles dorsiflex and plantarflex the ankle individually. However, they invert the ankle together.
What is the Tibialis Anterior & Posterior
500
A heel raise is an example of the ankle motion.
What is Plantarflexion?
500
This is the least common type of ankle sprain.
What is an Eversion sprain?
500
This the degree of shin splints where the outer covering of the bone becomes inflamed.
What is second degree?
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