SCS Patient Assessment & Evaluation 3

Question 1

A soccer player presents with groin pain that increases with resisted hip adduction. Which diagnostic test best assesses for an adductor strain?

Accepted Answer

Squeeze test

Answer

The squeeze test (resisted hip adduction between examiner's fists) elicits pain in adductor strains and athletic pubalgia.

Question 2

Which outcome measure is most appropriate for tracking functional recovery after a lower extremity injury in an athlete returning to sport?

Accepted Answer

Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS)

Answer

The LEFS is a validated, sport-relevant tool specifically designed to measure functional limitations in lower extremity conditions.

Question 3

An overhead athlete has a positive O'Brien active compression test. What condition does this most suggest?

Accepted Answer

Superior labral tear (SLAP lesion)

Answer

O'Brien's test (pain with resisted forward flexion in internal rotation, relieved with external rotation) has the highest sensitivity for SLAP lesions, though AC joint pathology can also be positive.

Question 4

When documenting a hamstring strain grade, a Grade II injury is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

Partial tear with significant strength loss but intact muscle continuity

Answer

Grade II muscle strains involve partial tearing of muscle fibers with moderate pain, swelling, strength loss, but maintained structural continuity.

Question 5

An SCS candidate is evaluating hip impingement in a collegiate swimmer. Which provocative test is most specific for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)?

Accepted Answer

FADIR test (flexion, adduction, internal rotation)

Answer

The FADIR test compresses the anterosuperior labrum and is the most sensitive provocative test for FAI, particularly cam-type impingement.

(SCS) Sports Clinical Specialist Practice Test

(SCS) Sports Clinical Specialist Practice Test

SCS Patient Assessment & Evaluation 3