Tools of the AT Room
Name that hip ouchi!
Name that knee ouchi!
Stuff you knee to know
Miscellaneous
200
Device used to promote circulation within the limbs.
What are compression cuffs?
200
During a soccer warm-up, a player attempts a side lunge stretch and feels immediate pain along the inner thigh. Walking is tolerable but cutting movements are painful. There is tenderness along the adductor magnus.
What is an Adductor/Groin Strain?
200
A soccer player gets hit on the outside of his knee by another player while going for the ball. He feels sharp pain on the inside of his knee and has difficulty bending it.
What is a MCL sprain?
200
Name of one of the Quad muscles?
What is (Rectus Femoris, Vastus Lateralis/Medialis/Intermedius)?
200
Contraindication of E-stim.
What is (Pacemaker, open wounds, heart conditions, ulcers)?
400
Would not use on a person with a pacemaker.
What is E-Stim?
400
A hurdler overstrides during warmups and lands with a grimace. He says it feels like something in the front of his hip “pulled apart.” Sprinting and knee-driving motions make him want to quit the whole sport.
What is a hip flexor strain?
400
During a basketball game, a 17-year-old athlete lands awkwardly from a rebound. She immediately feels a pop in her knee, collapses, and reports her knee feels unstable and “gives out” when she tries to stand.
What is an ACL sprain?
400
Small, fluid-filled sac that acts as a cushion between bones and soft tissues like muscles, tendons, or skin around joints.
What is a Bursa?
400
A ring of tough, fibrocartilage tissue that encircles the rim of the hip socket, helping to deepen it and provide stability.
What is the labrum?
600
A mechanical modality.
What are (Massage, Compression Cuffs, IASTM, Traction, Foam roller)?
600
17-year-old basketball guard reports months of groin pain with occasional clicking when pivoting or changing direction. During hip flexion with internal rotation, he reports a sudden catch and sharp pain. Sitting cross-legged is difficult.
What is a hip labrum tear?
600
A high-school high-jumper has gradually worsening pain at the front of the knee, especially just below the kneecap. It hurts most during jumping and after practice.
What is Patellar Tendonitis (Jumper's Knee)?
600
The name of an ACL tissue replacement/graft taken from a cadaver.
What is an Allograft?
600
Most common age group of athletes who get Osgood Schlatter Disease?
What are adolescents (10 - 14 year olds) going through growth spurts?
800
Acoustic device used to increase tissue temperature and cellular permeability.
What is Ultrasound?
800
A high-level gymnast reports progressive groin pain over two weeks. Jump landings and single-leg stance are increasingly painful. Pain is reproduced during internal rotation, and hopping on the affected leg is intolerable.
What is a stress fracture of the neck of the femur?
800
A football running back is tackled in the front of the knee while falling backward. He has pain deep in the knee and trouble walking downhill or descending stairs.
What is a PCL sprain?
800
Name of one of the special tests performed on the knee?
What is (McMurray’s, Ant/Post Drawer, Lachman’s, Thesally, Pivot Shift, etc)?
800
What is convection?
1000
What are these tools called?
What are Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) tools?
1000
A cyclist complains of pain in the buttock radiating down the back of the thigh. Stretching the glutes helps, but sitting for long periods makes it worse.
What is Piriformis Syndrome?
1000
A wrestle
What is Bursitis?
1000
Name of the hamstring tendon attachment site, located on the antero-medial side of the knee?
What is the Pes Anserine?
1000
Non-painful stimuli can "close the gate" to painful ones, preventing pain signals from reaching the brain.
What is the Pain-Gate-Control Theory?