Term
| Osgood-Schlatter Condition |
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Definition
-Pain over tibial tubercle.
-swelling
-visible lumps on tibia
-increased pain and swelling w/ increased activity
-weakness in quad muscles |
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Term
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Definition
-mild knee swelling over several hours
-pain
-popping
-locking (major sign!)
-tenderness in tibiofemoral joins |
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Term
| Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) tears |
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Definition
Positive "sag test"
-appearance of tibia sagging or bending backwards when bent at 90 degrees |
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Term
| Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear |
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Definition
-popping sound
-rapid swelling (effusion)
-sometimes a feeling of nausea |
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Term
| Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) Sprain |
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Definition
-Tenderness to palpation
-pain and laxity present at varus stress test |
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Term
| Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL)Sprain |
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Definition
-limited motion in full flexion/extension
-varying degrees of pain and laxity
-swelling of medial knee
-tenderness on MCL at joint line or on each of the bony attachments (sesamoids)by the tibia or femur |
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Term
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Definition
-pain just below patella
-knee is tender to palpation
-tenderness or swelling in anterior portion of knee |
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Term
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Definition
-complaints of anterior knee pain
-tenderness on patellar tendon
-small amount of local swelling |
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Term
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Definition
-aching pain in front of the knee/behind kneecap
-knee giving way
-grinding noise (crepitus)
-mild swelling MAY occur (as in MAYbe)
-occasional rotation of the legs inwards |
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