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Why do knee disorders have a massive impact on patients?

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Major weight bearing joint needed for walking

Injury reduces mobility (reduces activity, leading to weight gain)

Cant work
Depressions
Socially isolated (cant participate in activities)

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What sort of energy is required for a femoral shaft fracture?

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High energy injuries

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What type of incidents can lead to femoral shaft fractures?

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RTA (Road traffic accidents)
Falls from height

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Why are femoral shaft fractures dangerous?

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Can lose immense amounts of blood leading to Hypovolaemic shock

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How are femoral shaft fractures usually treated?

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Traction splint
Surgical fixation

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How do Tibial Plateau fractures usually occur?

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Axial loading (falling from height landing on the feet)

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What type of energy injury is a Tibial Plateau fracture?

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High energy injury

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What is usually damaged in Tibial Plateau fractures?

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Tibial condyle(s)
Articular cartilage

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What do Tibial Plateau fractures cause?

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Instability in the joint (reduced accurate join surface)

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How is a Tibial Plateau fracture fixed?

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Fix articular segment to shaft in surgery

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What is a patient at increased risk of with a Tibial Plateau fracture?

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Post traumatic Osteoarthritis

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What is a Bipartite patella?

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A patella that functions normally but is in 2 parts

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What test can you do to check if the patella is fractured?

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Straight leg raise to see if the extensor mechanism is in tact

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How is a displaced patella fracture fixed?

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Reduced then surgically fixed

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How is an undisplaced fracture of the patella fixed?

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Splint
Protect

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What do all fractures at joints put you at risk of?

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Post traumatic osteoarthritis

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What is the definition of a dislocation?

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Loss of congruity of joints

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What is Subluxation?

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Partial loss of congruity of joint

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Why does the knee tend to move laterally and therefore likely to laterally dislocate?

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Q angle = The force of the pull of the quadriceps pulls the patella laterally strongly

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What muscle pulls the patella medially helping prevent lateral patella dislocations?

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Vastus medialis

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What is the Q angle?

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Angle between Quadriceps tendon and the patella tendon

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How does size of the Q angle affect the patella?

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The larger the Q angle, the more likely lateral dislocation is to occur

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How is a dislocated or subluxated patella fixed?

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Reduce it
Immobilise it

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What type of cartilage is the menisci?

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Fibrocartilage

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How do meniscal injuries occur?
Twisting of knee in high Flexion
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What are the signs of a meniscal injury?
Locking of the knee Swelling Localised pain
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Why do meniscal injuries/tears often lead to locking?
The torn meniscus acts as an Intra articular foreign body mechanically blocking the space preventing the knee from fully extending
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What is a menisectomy?
Removal of damaged cartilage
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What are the static factors that determine joint stability?
Bones and ligaments (Can not be changed)
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What are the dynamic factors which can affect joint stability?
Muscles and tendon (Can be changed by exercise, get stronger)
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What factors strengthen the knee joint?
Menisci 2 Cruciate ligaments 2 collateral ligaments Joint capsule Quadriceps Bones Tendons
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What is ValGUS strain?
Force that acts medially on the knee Pushes from lateral to medial
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What is Varus strain?
Force acting laterally pushing knee From medial to lateral
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Which ligament resists ValGUS strain?
Medial collateral ligament
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Which ligament resists Varus strain?
Lateral collateral ligament
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How are collateral ligament injuries remedied?
Surgical repair/reconstruction
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How do people usually get collateral ligament injuries? How are they normally treated?
Brace + Rehab Contact/direct blow usually sport
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What is the most common Cruciate ligament injury?
ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)
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When do ACL tears/injuries usually happen?
Non contact landing or changing direction
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How are ACL injuries usually treated?
Rehab and or surgical reconstruction
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What do ACL injuries lead to? (What type of movement is there instability with?)
Instability with twisting (anterolateral rotation)
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How are PCL injuries caused?
Contact (falls onto knee or hyper extension)) Often the tibia dislocates posteriorly which avulses the PCL
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How are PCL injuries fixed?
Brace + Rehab
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For the knee joint to dislocate, how many ligaments must be ruptured?
At least 3 of 4
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What is the danger with knee joint dislocations?
May damage popliteal arteries
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How is a knee joint dislocation fixed?
Reduce Stabilise
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What is Osgood-Schlatters Disease?
Where you get bony swelling and inflammation around the knee at the tibial tuberosity (where the patella tendon inserts)
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What is Grimers law?
Anything bigger than a golf ball and painful is likely a soft tissue Sarcoma
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What is a soft tissue sarcoma?
Cancers that start in soft tissue
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What is knee effusion??
When fluid fills the knee joint
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What are 2 types of Acute Knee effusions?
Haemarthrosis Lipo-haemarthrosis
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What happens during haemarthrosis?
Bleeding into the knee joint causes swelling
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What is Lip-haemarthosis and what does it usually indicate?
When fat has filled in the joint Fat usually comes from a fractured bone
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What does a pop while playing sports indicate?
Torn ACL (Until proven otherwise)
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What are Bursae?
Fluid filled sacks protecting bony prominences
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What is bursitis?
Inflammation and fibrosis of a bursa
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What is prepatellar bursitis also called? Where is the prepatellar bursa?
Housemaids knee Imagine kneeling and scrubbing floors far away In front of the patella
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What is a Semimembranosus bursitis also called? Where is the Semimembranosus bursa?
Popliteal cyst/bakers cyst Behind the patella deep to the popliteal fossa
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What is osteoarthritis?
The wear and tear damage caused to joints Articular cartilage wears away leading to the damage of the bones too
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What may indicate Knee arthritis?
Synovitis Pain and stiffness Deformity (Varus or ValGUS)
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How is knee osteoarthritis treated?
Strengthening exercises for the muscles Analgesia (pain reduction) Weight loss Activity modification
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What 4 things indicate osteoarthritis on a radiograph?
LOSS Loss of Joint space Osteophytes Subchondral sclerosis Subchondral cysts
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What is sclerosis?
More dense bone indicated by increased whiteness
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Why is it thought that osteophytes form in osteoarthritis?
Trying to increase the SA of the bone when it gets damaged Trying to repair and replace the damaged bone and cartilage
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What are the signs of septic arthritis? What is the triad of signs patients present with in septic arthritis?
Pain Swelling (MOST have this)) Redness and warmth Recent surgery Knee effusion bacterial infection Triad: -Fever -Pain -Reduced range of motion
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What should be immediately done if septic arthritis is suspected?
Aspirate to confirm diagnosis of infection by sending aspirate for microscopy, culture and sensitivities IV Antibiotics and surgical wash out
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SEPSIS Pneumonic
Slurred speech or confusion Extreme shivering or muscle pain Passing no urine in the day Severe breathlessness I’m going to die Skin mottled or discoloured
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Where is the suprapatellar bursa? What is suprapatellar bursitis a sign of and why?
Above the patellar The suprapatellar bursa is an extension of the synovial cavity of the knee joint. So a KNEE EFFUSION often presents with swelling in the suprapatellar pouch
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What are some possible pathologies causing knee effusion?
Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis Infection/septic arthritis Gout
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Which of the 2 infrapatellar bursae are most commonly involved in bursitis? Where is this bursa? What is this bursitis also called and why is it called this?
Superficial infrapatellar bursa Just below the patella Clergyman’s knee (injury caused by the repetitive upright kneeling a religious clergyman would do)
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What is damaged in septic arthritis ? How is this damaged?
Articular cartilage damaged Bacterial invasion and their virulence factors like proteases break it down Or Host immune response Neutrophils make cytokines and other inflammatory products resulting in hydrolysis of collagen and Proteoglycans
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Where is the bipartite part of the patella always visible? What causes it?
Superolateral aspect Failure of union of a secondary ossification centre
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What is the mnemonic to remembering how the ACL and PCL ligaments run? Using this mnemonic how are they orientated? What is another way of remembering it?
PAMs APpLes (orientation from the bottom of the ligament up, so distal to proximal) Posterior (PCL) passes to the Anterior inserting Medially Anterior (ACL) passes to the Posterior inserting Laterally Or think of the ACL running the same way as when you put your hands in your pockets
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What is the mnemonic use to categories the potential pathology of a knee effusion? What does this stand for?
VITAMIN C&D Vascular (haemarthrosis) Inflammatory/infective (bursitis, septic arthritis) Trauma (meniscal tear) Autoimmune (rheumatoid arthritis) Metabolic (Gout) Iatrogenic (infected prosthetic joint, infection following injection but this is septic arthritis) Neoplasia (rare) Congential (rare) & Degenerative (osteoarthritis)

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