Ligament Basics
This structure connects bone to bone and provides joint stability.
What is a ligament?
This ligament runs from the fibula to the calcaneus.
What is the Calcaneofibular Ligament (CFL)?
This test evaluates ACL integrity.
What is the Anterior Drawer Test?
This ligament stabilizes the outside (lateral) portion of the knee
What is the LCL?
This ligament stabilizes the inside (medial) portion of the knee.
What is the MCL?
What is the main function of ligaments in the body.
What are stabilizing joints?
This ligament is most commonly injured during an inversion ankle sprain.
What is the Anterior Talofibular Ligament (ATFL)?
This ligament prevents anterior translation of the tibia.
What is the ACL?
These are the 3 C’s of proper patient care in sports medicine.
What are Consent, Cleanliness, and Communication?
A positive anterior drawer test (ankle) indicates excessive movement in which direction?
What is anterior translation of the talus?
This type of ankle injury affects the syndesmotic ligaments between the tibia and fibula.
What is a high ankle sprain?
Which lateral ankle ligament is palpated anterior to the lateral malleolus in the area known as the Sinus Tarsi (cave)?
What is the Anterior Talofibular Ligament (ATFL)?
This test applies stress to assess the LCL.
What is the Varus Stress Test?
This test applies stress to assess the MCL.
What is the Valgus Stress Test?
This test evaluates the CFL by stressing inversion and eversion.
What is the Talar Tilt Test?
This type of ankle injury typically involves the ATFL and/or CFL.
What is an inversion ankle sprain?
This ligament is located between the distal tibia and fibula on the anterior ankle.
What is the DISTAL Anterior Tibiofibular Ligament or Anterior Inferior Tibiofibular Ligamen (AITFL)?
This test is used to assess the PCL
What is the Posterior Drawer Test?
This ligament prevents posterior translation of the tibia.
What is the PCL?
This test is used to assess syndesmotic (high ankle) injuries
What is Kleiger’s Test?
Why is proper ligament assessment critical in sports medicine?
What is to accurately diagnose injuries and determine safe return-to-play?
This structure runs between the tibia and fibula and provides stability.
What is the interosseous (syndesmotic) membrane
This test assesses the integrity of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament?
What is the Anterior Drawer Test?
A positive Lachman’s Test? (test) indicates excessive movement in which direction?
Anterior translation of the tibia on the femur
This test assesses the integrity of the Anterior Talofibular Ligament (ATFL).
What is the Anterior Drawer Test?