Foot and Ankle
The bony prominence on the side of the ankle.
What is a malleolus?
The most commonly torn ligament in the knee.
What is the ACL?
This test requires pulling up on the lower leg to check for joint laxity.
What is the anterior drawer test?
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
Falling on an outstretched hands and fracturing the distal radius, hand bending backward
Smith's Fracture
This ligament is most often sprained when the foot is forced into excessive inversion.
What is the Anterior talo-fibular ligament?
A wearing away of the cartilage beneath the patella.
What is chondromalacia?
This test is for glenohumeral instability, gape between acromion and humeral head.
What is the sulcus sign?
excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.
What is kyphosis?
The Median Nerve
What nerve is affected by carpal tunneL?
This motion involves the peroneus longus and peroneus brevis, it happens in the FRONTAL PLANE.
What is foot eversion?
This brace could help a patient whose knee experiences subluxation.
What is a j-strap knee brace?
Positive sign is when the buttock drops on the side that the foot is elevated indicating hip abductor weakness on the stance leg side.
What is a Trendelenburg test?
the forward slipping movement of the body of one of the lower lumbar vertebrae on the vertebra or sacrum below it
What is spondylolisthesis?
hyperextension of PIP joint and flexion of DIP joint
What is Swan Neck deformity?
While the patient lies prone, squeeze their calf. This test is a positive sign for an Achilles tendon tear if there is no response.
What is the Thompson's Squeeze test?
This group of injuries involves the ACL, MCL, and meniscus.
What is the unhappy triad?
Grasp the thumb against the palm and then move the wrist toward the midline in the ulnar deviation. A Test for De Quervain's.
What is Finkelstein's Test?
This brace limits flexion and extension with increased lateral motion control
What is a Knight-Taylor TLSO?
0 to 20 degrees?
What is the range of motion for radial deviation?
What is a Jones fracture?
Also known as bow-legged, this puts extra strain on the LCL.
What is Genu varum?
Physician taps over the volar aspect of the pts transverse carpal ligament. Positive test will cause tingling or paresthesia into the thumb, index, middle or lateral half o the ring finger
What is Tinel's Test?
This brace limits flexion and encourages thoracic hyperextension.
What is a Jewett brace?
Gamekeeper's thumb, which is a tear of the ulnar collateral ligament.
What is a use for a thumb spica?