knee evaluation Flashcards
week 4 (52 cards)
differential diagnoses:
lower leg
- meidal tibial stress syndrom (MTSS)
- periostits
- exertional compartment syndrome
- deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- lateral tibial periostitis (shin splits)
medal tibial stress syndrom (shin splits)
objective tests:
some whys to consider:
objective tests:
- shin palpation test (SP 90%)
some whys to consider:
- increase in activity
- decreased tib ant, tib. post and soleus strength
- decreased ankle DF ROM
- decreased talocrural mobility
- decreased hip abduction/external rotaiton strength
- pes planus/pes cavus
- RED-S
bone stress injuries
chronci exertional compartment syndrom
5 P’s that resolve at rest
Differential diagnoses
anterior knee
- patellar or quadricep tendinopathy
- patellar or quadriceps tendon rupture
- PFPS
- chondromalacia
- patella sublux/dislocation
- fat pat syndrome
- pre-patellar bursitis
- plica syndrome
- osgood schlatter
- sinding-larsen-johansson (SLJ) syndrome
patella tendiopathy
risk factors
- male
- increased waist circumference
- increase in trianign vol and freq
- decreased muscle length of hamstrings, quaddriceps
- decreased foot arch height
- deceased ankle DF
- increased horizontal brakingforces during landings
tendinopathy
quadriceps tendinopathy
- less common than patellar tendinoapthy
- different tha npatellar tendinopahty: widdth, attachments
- may lead to rupture: older patients, underlying medical condtions (gout,RA, diabetes)
patellorfemoral pain syndrome (PFPS)
- retropatellar or peripatellar pain
- reproduction of pain with:
squatting, stair climbing, prolonged sitting, otehr functional task that loads the patellofemoral joint in a flexed position - exclusion of all other possible causes of pain
theses movemetns show increased contact and pressure between patella and femur
tests for patellofemoral pain syndrome
- patellar tilt test (SP: 92%)
- compression test (SN 68-83%, SP 18-54%)
- clarke sign ( SP 75%)
- resisted knee extension (SP 95%)
- pain with squatting (SN 91-94%)
- pain with stair climbing (SN 94%)
patellofemoral pain syndrome
test cluster:
- less than 40 years of age AND isolated anterior knee pain
OR medial patellar facet tenderness
SN: 64% SP: 93%
PFPS - ICF cassification system
overuse
movement coordination deficits
muscle performance deficits
mobility deficits
Articular cartialge
chondromalacia:
PFPS vs chondromalacia:
patellar sublux/dislocation
- often in lateral directin
- forceful quadriceps contraction from knee flexed position
- can generally relocae patella by extending knee
- positive patellar tilt test (SP92%)
getting up and twisting - direction change
pediatric conditions - apophysitis
siding larsen johansson (SLJ) syndrome:
osgood-schlatter disease:
apophysitis = inflammation and stress injury where a muscle and its tendon attaches to the area on a bone where growth occurs in a child or adolescent
- inferior pole of patella (fracture site)
- tibial tuberosity (fracture site)
fills in with calcium to create a bony enlargement of that area due to the fracture
fat pad syndrome
- pain with end range knee extension
plica syndrome
anteromedial pain exacerbated with squatting clicking and popping
clicking/popping (rubber band feeling) something is rolling over a structure - this is how it differs from just capitation of the joint or crepitus
just a thickening of the capsule
multiple different locations - 4 types
pre patellar bursitis
house maids knee - caused from direct contact of knee on ground.
anterior aspect of knee bursa inflammation
can happen acutely - like in football
or chronic
differential diagnoses:
posterior knee
- hamstring tendinopathy
- gastrocnemius tendinopathy
- popliteus strain
- bakers csyt
- PCL sprain
posterior knee:
tendinopathy and musle strains
- distal hamstrings
- proxima lgastrocnemius
- popliteus
bakers cyst
due to underlying meiscus or intra-articular dysfunction
- sign of another condition typically * you can drain them but they will come right back
differential diagnoses:
lateral knee
- lateral meniscus tear
- LCL sprain
- proximal tibiofibular joint dysfunction
- iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome
meniscus tears: what will affect the differnt tears and or regions
consider how glide of the femoral condyles during knee motioin will affect the different tears and or regions of the meniscus
- femur rubbing back and forth
meniscal pathology composite score
the combo of hisory of “catching” or “locking” pain wiht force hyper extension, pain with maximum passive knee flexion, and pain or audible click with mcmurry’s maneuver and joint line tenderness