Knee Evaluation Quiz

Which of the following is not a muscle that flexes the knee

• Biceps Femoris

• Semimembranosus

• Rectus Femoris

• Semitendinosus

Upon evaluation you determine the athlete is very tender at the medial joint line and has pain with deep flexion. What injury do you suspect?

• LCL sprain

• MCL sprain

• Tibial Plateau Fracture

• Medial Meniscus Tear

Where does the patella tendon insert?

• Inferior Patella

• Tibial Tuberosity

• Fibular Head

• Tibial Plateau

Which of the following hamstring muscles inserts at the anterior proximal tibial shaft at the medial side? This muscle inserts with two additional muscles and is known as the pes anserine.

• Semitendinosus

• Rectus Femoris

• Vastus Lateralis

• Vastus Medialis

Which term describes a patient that is knock kneed

• Anteromedial knee syndrome

• Genu Valgum

• Genu Varum

• Genu Recurvatum

Which two would you find together at the fibular head?

• MCL and meniscus

• LCL and semitendinosus

• MCL and biceps femoris

• LCL and biceps femoris

Most patella dislocations occur in which direction?

• Lateral

• Medial

• Inferior

• Superior

The ACL prevents the tibia from shifting too much in which direction?

• Posteriorly

• Medially

• Laterally

• Anteriorly

Upon evaluation you determine the athlete has crepitus at the patellofemoral joint and describe pain during a patella mobilization. What injury do you suspect?

• Osgood Schlatters

• Sinding Larsen Johansen

• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

• Chondromalacia

Where would you expect an avulsion fracture of the hamstrings to occur?

• Superior Patella

• MCL

• Ischial Tuberosity

• Inferior Patella