Saturday, 12 June 2010

Knee Examination - Revision Card

WIPER

... Standing...
Gait

Look
Valgus/varus deformity
Popliteal swellings

... Couch...
Look
Varus/valgus deformity
Muscle wasting
Scars/Swellings/Erythema/Rash
Side - fixed flexion deformity

Feel
Skin temperature
Patellar tap and crossfluctuation (bulge sign)
Knee slightly flexed - joint line and borders of patella, femoral condyles, tibial tuberosity
Popliteal fossa

Move
Flexion and extension - active & passive
With crepitus
Posterior sag (PCL)
Medial and lateral collateral - 15 degrees
Anterior draw test (ACL)

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