NR 511 final 2024
1) What is the Lachman maneuver assessing for?
ACL injury
McMurray Test
Meniscal tear
causes of meniscus tear
Suddenly planting leg on top of the ground and twisting
4) What will the pain be like with a meniscus injury?
Can cause immediate pain in the planted leg and inability to bear weight
With a meniscus injury, what can happen when you try to straighten the leg?
It can lock up
Numbness and tingling in the first 3 digits when pressing the dorsal surface of both
hands in a forced wrist flexion for at least one minute
Positive Phalen's test
How do you assess for a radial head fracture?
Palpate for tenderness, swelling, and crepitus just distal to the lateral epicondyle (Wrist
exam)
8) What is the differentiation between an articular and a non-articular musculoskeletal
complaint?
Non-articular complaints involve a point or focal tenderness
9) What is the Bulge Test used to check for?
-Knee joint effusion
10) Inflammation of the median nerve is seen with what condition?
1) What is the Lachman maneuver assessing for?
ACL injury
McMurray Test
Meniscal tear
causes of meniscus tear
Suddenly planting leg on top of the ground and twisting
4) What will the pain be like with a meniscus injury?
Can cause immediate pain in the planted leg and inability to bear weight
With a meniscus injury, what can happen when you try to straighten the leg?
It can lock up
Numbness and tingling in the first 3 digits when pressing the dorsal surface of both
hands in a forced wrist flexion for at least one minute
Positive Phalen's test
How do you assess for a radial head fracture?
Palpate for tenderness, swelling, and crepitus just distal to the lateral epicondyle (Wrist
exam)
8) What is the differentiation between an articular and a non-articular musculoskeletal
complaint?
Non-articular complaints involve a point or focal tenderness
9) What is the Bulge Test used to check for?
-Knee joint effusion
10) Inflammation of the median nerve is seen with what condition?
