Sports Medicine — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: The injury to menisci is mainly caused by the _____ force on a partially flexed knee

Answer: rotational

Flashcard 72: Bosworth technique is a surgical technique used for _____ elbow

Answer: tennis

Flashcard 73: Treatment of myositis ossificans in latent phase involves _____

Answer: active physiotherapy

Flashcard 74: Lelli's test is done to test _____ tear

Answer: ACL (PCL/ACL)

Flashcard 75: Gold standard investigation for cruciate ligament injury is _____

Answer: arthroscopy

Flashcard 76: Extension of elbow in pronation with a flexed wrist producing pain at the lateral epicondyle, known as _____ test, is seen in tennis elbow.

Answer: Mills

Flashcard 77: Avulsion of the tip of olecranon due to overarm action is known as _____ elbow

Answer: Javelin thrower's

Flashcard 78: Wringing a towel producing pain at the lateral epicondyle, known as _____ test, is seen in tennis elbow.

Answer: Wringing

Flashcard 79: Which test for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome involves hyperabduction and external rotation of the arm while monitoring the radial pulse for any changes?

Answer: Wright's hyperabduction test

Extra: Wright's test is used to identify Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS). The arm is hyperabducted and externally rotated while the clinician monitors the radial pulse. A positive result is the weakening or disappearance of the pulse, suggesting compression in the subcoracoid space (behind the pectoralis minor).