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Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy Flashcards

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  1. Which special test is used to assess anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) integrity?

    Answer: Lachman test

    The Lachman test is the gold-standard clinical test for ACL integrity, performed with the knee at 20–30° of flexion.

  2. A patient presents with pain at the lateral epicondyle of the elbow that worsens with wrist extension against resistance. What is the most likely diagnosis?

    Answer: Lateral epicondylitis

    Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) involves overuse of the wrist extensor muscles, causing pain at their common origin on the lateral epicondyle.

  3. Which grade of joint mobilization is used primarily for pain relief rather than increasing range of motion?

    Answer: Grade I and II

    Maitland Grades I and II are small-amplitude oscillations within range used primarily for neurophysiological pain relief.

  4. The FABER test is used to assess pathology in which region?

    Answer: Hip joint and sacroiliac joint

    FABER (Flexion, ABduction, External Rotation) stresses the hip and sacroiliac joint to reproduce pain and identify pathology.

  5. Which muscle is tested by asking a patient to abduct the arm between 60° and 120° with pain during this arc?

    Answer: Supraspinatus

    A painful arc between 60–120° of shoulder abduction is the hallmark of supraspinatus tendinopathy or impingement syndrome.

  6. Straight leg raise (SLR) test positive at less than 60° indicates involvement of which structure?

    Answer: Sciatic nerve or lumbar nerve roots L4–S1

    A positive SLR below 60° indicates tension or irritation of the sciatic nerve or lumbar nerve roots, most commonly from disc herniation.