Signs & Symptoms
What do you K-NEEd?
Herbal, Verbal, or Medicinal
TKA vs THA
Hips Don't Lie (THA)
100

Which arthritis gets better after 30 minutes to an hour after waking up with morning stiffness?

osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis?

What is osteoarthritis?

100

Most TKA last how many years?

What is 15 - 20 years 

100

Food to help combat inflammation for osteoarthritis, what are examples of anti-inflammatory foods?

What are Berries, Fatty fish, Olive oil, Tomatoes, Avocados, Mushrooms, Peppers, Turmeric, Dark chocolate, Green tea

100

2 risk factors associated with the development of OA

What are aging (strongest risk factor), and obesity?

100

Avoid flexing or bending the surgical hip past this degree.

What is 90 degrees?

200

What is the most common symptom of osteoarthritis?

What is joint pain?

200

What percent of people receiving a TKA experience long lasting relief after? 

What is 90-95%

200

Over the counter medication that you can take the week of your surgery?

What is Tylenol?

200

How do you assess circulation postoperatively 

5 P's : pain, pallor, pulses, paresthesia's, paralysis

 or 

CMTS: color motion, temperature sensation.

200

The most common hip fracture, usually resulting from a fall, generally in the elderly

What is intertrochanteric? 

300

Your patient has redness and swelling in their leg with limited motion in the joint.  These are signs and symptoms of this.

What is a blood clot or DVT?

300

What are the two major bones that are affected and implants used on in a TKA?

What is the lower end of the femur (thighbone) and the upper end of the tibia (shinbone)

300

Wash your hands with soap and water before and after applying a patch, it can cause your pupil to dilate if you touch your eyes.

What is a scopolamine patch?

300

Three items you needed to check in on the day of your total joint replacement surgery.

What is photo ID, insurance card, and front wheeled walker

300
Placement of any synovial joint with a prosthetic system.

What is total joint arthroplasty? 

400

The difference between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA)

What is gradual onset of OA while the onset of RA may be rapid?

400

The two extrinsic ligaments of the knee

What are the medial and lateral collateral ligaments? 

400

Considered a key strategy in patient education for managing osteoarthritis?

What is regular low impact exercise and weight management?

400

Material TKA and THA are made up of

What is metal alloy?

400

The sacrum and two innominate bones

What are the three bones that make up the pelvis? 

500

TRUE OR FALSE 

Rheumatoid arthritis usually starts in small joints while osteoarthritis starts in a variety of joints

TRUE

500

The largest joint in the body movement

What is hinge? 

500

Treatment options if you feel tightness around the incision/joint.

What is Ice, Compression, Elevation? 

500

Three types of cells that make up bone

What are osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes? 

  1. Osteoblasts:

    • Formed from mesenchymal stem cells.
    • Responsible for creating new bone cells (osteocytes).
    • Release collagen and bone-forming proteins to create the bone matrix.

  2. Osteocytes:

    • Mature bone cells formed from osteoblasts.
    • Maintain bone mass and act as command centers during stress.
    • Connect with other osteocytes through tendrils.

  3. Osteoclasts:

    • Derived from bone marrow cells.
    • Break down old bone matter using acid and collagenase proteins.
    • Regulated by the thyroid gland to manage calcium levels in the blood.
500

This type of THA uses biological tissue ingrowth prosthesis and a porous coated femoral stem.

What is uncemented.


  • Cemented fixation: Immediate weight-bearing, easier stem positioning, but risks like cement breakage and Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome (BCIS).
  • Uncemented fixation: Stronger over time with bone ingrowth, but initial partial weight-bearing and potential for loosening.
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