Anterior Compartment
This injury is caused by displacement of femur posteriorly on a planted lower leg.
What is an ACL tear?
This is commonly referred to as “the dashboard injury”.
What is a PCL tear?
This is the name given when the patella presents pointing outward (laterally).
What is grasshopper patella?
A tear to this ligament is tested through a varus stress test.
What is the lateral collateral ligament?
An excessive varus alignment may lead to this degenerative joint disease.
What is medial compartment osteoarthritis?
This structure is attached to the anteriolateral aspect of the intercondylar notch of the tibia.
What is the ACL?
This calcaneal position is commonly associated with excessive knee hyperextension.
What is calcaneal varum?
This pathology is often improved by pushing the patella medially.
What is patellofemoral syndrome?
While lying supine, a positive test from a valgus stress applied to a knee while flexing results in a clunk as the tibia steps off the lateral condyle.
What is a pivot shift test?
A positive result from this test creates pain by compressing the meniscus when extending the knee under a varus stress.
What is the McMurray test?
This injury often appears during trauma while bones are developing and occurs primarily in children and adolescents.
What is an avulsion fracture?
This ankle position is commonly associated with excessive knee hyperextension when the foot is flat on the ground.
What is plantarflexion?
This is the structure responsible for reducing friction between the patellar tendon and overlying skin when bending the knee.
What is the pre-patellar bursa?
This injury is often treated by wrapping a band superior to the fibular head to offload the insertion point of the IT band.
What is Runner’s Knee/IT Band Syndrome?
This injury often occurs after an impact to the outside of the knee when the knee is planted and slightly flexed.
What is an MCL sprain or tear?
This diagnostic test is to determine the stability of the ACL.
What is the Anterior Drawer Test?
This LMN pathology often results in significant genu recurvatum and stretching of the posterior capsule in order to achieve knee stability.
What is poliomyelitis?
This test applies a direct force over the patella while the patient contracts quads.
What is the patellar grind test?
When using a pull style KO to treat uni-compartmental OA, this is the side of the KO that the upright goes on.
What is the affected side? (this utilizes the dynamic force strap)
This structure is closely associated with the MCL and is thus often injured at the same time in an acute knee trauma.
What is the medial meniscus?
This common adolescent childhood jumping injury is associated with pain on the anterior aspect of the tibial tubercle.
What is Osgood-Schlatter’s?
The herniation of synovial tissue in the popliteal region of the knee results in this condition.
What is a Baker’s Cyst?
This is the result of damage to the cartilage that covers the posterior aspect (underside) of the patella.
What is chondromalacia patellae?
This area of knee pain can result from varus stress with knee hyperextension or bow legs contributing to the development of osteoarthritis.
What is lateral compartment syndrome?
This injury involves the medial meniscus, the medial collateral ligament and the ACL.
What is the Unhappy Triad?