Soft Tissue Injuries

Question 1

Most common mechanism of meniscal tear

Answer 1

Sporting injury in younger people from getting up from a squatting position
Or spontaneous degeneration in older patients

Question 2

Lateral meniscal tear is more common

Answer 2

More medial is

Question 3

MCL resists what time of stress

Answer 3

Valgus

Question 4

LCL resists whay type of stress

Answer 4

Varus

Question 5

ACL resists what

Answer 5

Anterior subluxation of the tibia and internal rotation of the tibia in extension

Question 6

PCL resists what

Answer 6

Resists posterior subluxation of the tibia ie anterior subluxation of the femur and hyperextension of the knee

Question 7

What’s the difference in Sprain and strain

Answer 7

Sprain - ligaments

Strain - muscle or tendon

Question 8

Grade 1 Spain

Answer 8

Tear some fibres but macrosopic structure intact

Question 9

Grade 2

Answer 9

Partial tear

- some fasciales disrupted

Question 10

Grade 3

Answer 10

Complete tear

Question 11

Ix for all soft tissue injuries

Answer 11

MRI

Question 12

When fled ACL tear happen

Answer 12

Usually sports

Pop will be felt and feel like you’ve been hit in back of leg

Question 13

LCL rupture cause

Answer 13

Direct blow to anterior tibial or hyperextension injury