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Sports Injury Diagnosis Flashcards

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  1. A gymnast reports chronic low back pain with pain that worsens with lumbar extension and is relieved by flexion. Single-leg hyperextension reproduces pain on the ipsilateral side. The most likely diagnosis is:

    Answer: Spondylolysis

    Spondylolysis (pars interarticularis stress fracture) classically presents in young athletes with extension-based sports and is reproduced by the single-leg hyperextension (stork) test.

  2. A tennis player presents with lateral elbow pain reproducible with resisted wrist extension and gripping. The extensor carpi radialis brevis is implicated. This is best described as:

    Answer: Lateral epicondylitis

    Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) is a tendinopathy of the extensor carpi radialis brevis origin, reproduced by resisted wrist extension.

  3. A hockey player develops acute groin pain during a rapid change of direction. Resisted hip adduction against gravity reproduces the pain. The most likely structure injured is:

    Answer: Adductor longus

    Adductor longus strain is the most common groin injury in hockey players and is reproduced by resisted hip adduction.

  4. A college basketball player sustains a hyperextension mechanism of the knee without contact and immediately cannot bear weight. MRI confirms a posterior cruciate ligament tear. Which physical finding confirms the diagnosis?

    Answer: Positive posterior drawer sign

    The posterior drawer test, where the tibia sags or can be pushed posteriorly relative to the femur at 90° knee flexion, is the hallmark sign of PCL rupture.

  5. A sprinter presents with acute posterior thigh pain during acceleration. Ecchymosis appears distally 24-48 hours later. The most commonly strained hamstring muscle is:

    Answer: Biceps femoris long head

    The biceps femoris long head is the most commonly injured hamstring muscle in sprinters due to its biarticular nature and high eccentric load at terminal swing phase.

  6. A wrestler has a subacute shoulder injury with weakness in external rotation and a positive drop arm test. Which rotator cuff muscle is most likely torn?

    Answer: Supraspinatus

    Supraspinatus tears are the most common rotator cuff injuries and produce a positive drop arm test due to loss of abduction strength in the mid-range.

  7. A distance runner with a recent training mileage increase presents with localized tenderness over the femoral neck on the compression side. FABER test is negative but hip internal rotation is painful. The priority concern is:

    Answer: Femoral neck stress fracture on the tension side

    Tension-side (superior) femoral neck stress fractures carry the highest risk of displacement and require urgent non-weight-bearing and possible surgical fixation, making them the priority concern regardless of which side is tender.