Clinical Evaluation & Diagnosis Flashcards
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A soccer player complains of groin pain that increases with resisted hip adduction and passive abduction. The most likely diagnosis is:
Answer: Adductor strain
Adductor strains reproduce pain with resisted adduction and stretching through passive abduction.
During a functional ankle assessment, excessive subtalar pronation during gait is best described as:
Answer: Calcaneal eversion with dorsiflexion and abduction
Pronation is a triplanar motion combining calcaneal eversion, dorsiflexion, and forefoot abduction.
Which special test evaluates the integrity of the transverse carpal ligament and is used to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome?
Answer: Phalen test
Phalen test involves sustained wrist flexion to compress the median nerve within the carpal tunnel, reproducing paresthesias.
A wrestler presents with acute neck pain and transient bilateral upper extremity paresthesias after a collision. The athletic trainer's first priority is to:
Answer: Immobilize the cervical spine and activate EMS
Bilateral neurological symptoms after cervical trauma indicate possible spinal cord involvement requiring immediate spinal precautions and EMS activation.
The Q-angle measurement in females is typically larger than in males, predisposing them to which condition?
Answer: Patellofemoral pain syndrome
A larger Q-angle increases lateral patellar tracking forces, predisposing to patellofemoral pain syndrome.
During history taking, which question would best distinguish a stress fracture from shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome)?
Answer: Does the pain continue after exercise cessation?
Shin splint pain typically diminishes after exercise stops, while stress fracture pain often persists or worsens at rest.
A positive Valgus stress test at 30° of knee flexion with no laxity at 0° indicates injury to which structure?
Answer: Medial collateral ligament (superficial fibers)
At 30° flexion the posterior capsule is relaxed, isolating the superficial MCL; laxity here without laxity at 0° indicates isolated superficial MCL injury.