TEST QUESTION: Knee Pain

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TODAY’S TEST QUESTION:


CORRECT ANSWER:

B) Lachman:

MORE INFO:

  • Lachman: “in this test, while you lie on the table, the health care provider will slightly bend (20 degrees) the patient’s knee and hold your thigh with one hand. With the other hand, he or she will hold the upper part of your calf and pull forward.” -WebMd

  • A soft endpoint or greater than 4 mm of displacement is positive (abnormal).

  • Reference: Webmd & http://www.medilexicon.com

OTHER ANSWERS:

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  • Obturator sign tests for appendicitis

  • Hawkins–Kennedy Test for shoulder injury (impingement)


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