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Excessive movement
Grade I = 5mm
Grade II = 10mm
Grade III >10mm |
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Excessive movement
Grade I = 5mm
Grade II = 8mm
Grade III >8mm |
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Mushy or soft end feel (increased ant translation with IR of the tibia)
Grade I = 3-6mm
Grade II = 6-9mm
Grade III = 10-16mm
Grade IV = 16-20mm |
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Definition
| Excessive movement (more than 6mm) |
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Definition
| Excessive movement (more than 6mm) |
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Term
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Definition
| If tibia drops back on femur because of gravity |
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Definition
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Term
| External Rotation Recurvatrum |
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Definition
| Affected knee goes into relative hyperextension on lateral aspect with tibia & tibial tuberosity rotating laterally |
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Definition
| Movement occurs primarily on lateral side of knee |
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Term
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Definition
| Movement occurs primarily on the medial side of the knee |
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Term
| Hughston's Posterior Medial |
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Definition
| Tibia rotates posteriorly excessively |
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Term
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Definition
Menicus - pain with compression and decreased pain with distraction
Ligamentous - pain with rotation and distraction |
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Definition
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Definition
| PT feels popping under fingers |
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Term
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Definition
| Pt complains of pain or click |
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Term
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Definition
| Patella "stutters" somewhere between 60˚ and 45˚ of flexion |
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Term
| Clarke's Sign/Patellar Grind Test |
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Definition
| Retropatellar pain and cannot hold contraction |
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Term
| McConnel Test for Chrondromalacia Patellae |
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Definition
| Pain decreases with medial glide of patella |
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Term
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Definition
| Pain and crepitus occur together during movement |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Inability to do test
Pain and crepitus (for step down) |
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Term
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Definition
| Pain at about 30˚ of flexion (same pain as activity) |
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Term
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Definition
| Pain at about 30˚ of flexion (same pain as activity) |
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Term
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Definition
>18˚ = chrondromalacia patellae, increased anteversion, genu valgum, lateral displacement
<13˚ = patella alta, chrondromalacia patellae |
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Term
| Fairbanks Apprehension Test |
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Definition
| Apprehension and quad contraction |
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Term
| Patellar Tap/Ballotable Patellar Test |
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Definition
| Floating of the patella felt or "dancing patella" |
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Term
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Definition
| PT feels synovial fluid fluctuate under hands |
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Term
| Peripatellar Swelling Test |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Wave of fluid to medial side of joint, bulging just below the medial distal portion |
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Term
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Definition
| Provocation/reproduction of pain |
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