Sport Injuries: 5 Common Injuries in Sport

Which of the following ankle ligaments is the most commonly injured in an inversion sprain?

• Posterior talofibular ligament

• Anterior talofibular ligament

• Anterior tibiofibular ligament

• Calcaneofibular ligament

A complete tear of the ligament constitutes which grade of injury?

• Grade 1

• Grade 2

• Grade 3

• Grade 4

The meniscus has poor healing due to the fact that it ______________.

• Has an odd C-shape

• Is always compressed in the knee joint

• Has a poor blood supply

• Always sustains a large tear

Patellofemoral pain syndrome may be surgically fixed if conservative treatment does not help to resolve the pain.

• True

• False

Patellofemoral pain syndrome is also known as ___________.

• Jumper’s knee 

• Movie-goers knee

• Twisted knee

• Runner’s knee

In the knee injury known as the unhappy triad, which 3 structures are the most commonly injured?

• ACL + MCL + Medial meniscus

• ACL + MCL + Lateral meniscus

• ACL + LCL + Medial meniscus

• PCL + MCL + Medial meniscus

Which is a common clinical test for testing ACL integrity?

• Thessaly

• Lachman

• Maudsley’s

• Apley’s

Tennis elbow may take up to 2 years to resolve.

• True

• False

Check all true statements about tennis elbow.

• It is usually more an inflammatory than degenerative condition.

• The pain is usually just below the medial epicondyle of the elbow.

• Pain is induced with strong gripping

• There is tenderness on palpation of the common tendon origin of the wrist extensor muscle group.