ligaments
These ligaments pass through the middle of the knee joint and cross each other.
What is the anterior and posterior cruciate ligament?
what side is the tibia on?
What is the lateral side?
what does Qaud mean
what is 4?
what does lachmans test
evaluate patients with a suspected anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.
Apply to an athlete's knee to prevent tearing of the medial collateral ligament.
What is a protective knee brace?
Pcl meaning
posterior cruciate ligament
what is the biggest bone?
what is the femur.
The four quads are.
rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, and vastus intermedius.
what is mcmurrys test
it is to test for the presence of a meniscus tear
Good way to strengthen gastrocnemius
What are heel raises?
mcl meaning?
The medial collateral ligament
what does the patella do?
The patella primarily functions to improve the effective extension capacity of the quadriceps muscle.
the biggest in the knee?
what is the sag test
Tests for rotary instability posteriorly and/or torn PCL
Some mild injuries to the MCL only need these.
What are an elastic wrap and compression.
what does lcl mean
The lateral collateral ligament
what is the tibial tubersoity
is an elevation of the anterior aspect of the tibia.
where are the biceps femoralis and rectus femoralis located.
posterior aspect of the thigh
what is anterior Drawer
is a knee assessment that your doctor, physical therapist, or sports therapist uses to check for an ACL injury.
Strengthening the hamstrings to help stailize the tibia as well as to regain full function.
What is rehab for an ACL injury?
what does acl mean?
The anterior cruciate ligament
where are the biceps femoralis and rectus femoralis located.
s an elevation of the anterior aspect of the tibia.
what is The semitendinosus
a long superficial muscle in the back of the thigh
Difference between the valgus and varus test.
When valgus stress is applied to a joint, the distal end of the valgus segment moves laterally away from midline. When varus stress is applied to a joint, the distal end moves medially.
Athletic Trainer will look for this problem if the athlete has problems with their knees.
What is "knock-knees" and "bowlegs"?