Knee problems: older adults

Question 1

What age is usually affected by OA of the knee?

Answer 1

> 50 years

often overweight

Question 2

features of OA

Answer 2

pain maybe severe
intermittent selling

crepitus

limitation of movement

Question 3

What condition is associated with kneeling?

Answer 3

infrapatellar bursitis - Clergyman’s knee

Question 4

What is associated with more upright kneeling?

Answer 4

Prepatellar bursitis - housemaid’s knee

Question 5

What is anterior cruciate ligament damage caused by?

Answer 5

twisting knee - popping noise

Question 6

Onset of anterior cruciate ligament

Answer 6

rapid

Question 7

Draw test on anterior cruciate ligament damage

Answer 7

positive

Question 8

Posterior cruciate ligament cause

Answer 8

anterior force applied to the proximal tibia (e.g. knee hitting dashboard during car accident

Question 9

Features of collateral ligament damage

Answer 9

Tenderness over the affected ligament
Knee effusion may be seen

Question 10

cause of meniscal lesion

Answer 10

twisting of knee

Question 11

sx of meniscal lesion

Answer 11

Locking and giving-way are common feature

Tender joint line