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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Physical Exam - Orthopedic Knee Exam


[No/Minimal/Moderate] isolated tenderness to palpation over the patella of the [right/left] knee.  [No/Minimal/Moderate] tenderness to palpation at the head of the [right/left] fibula.  [Limited/full] active range of motion of the [right/left] knee to [90/##]°.  [Limited/full] passive range of motion of the [right/left] knee to [90/##]°.  Patient [not able/able] to ambulate 4 steps in the ED [despite pain/due to pain]. 

[No/Mild/Moderate] instability on valgus (medial) stress of the [right/left] knee.  [No/Mild/Moderate] instability on varus (lateral) stress of the [right/left] knee.  [Negative/Positive] Lachman's test (instability with anterior stress on the knee in 15-30° flexion).  [Negative/Positive] anterior drawer test (instability with anterior stress on the knee in 90° flexion).  [Negative/Positive] posterior drawer test (instability with posterior stress on the knee in 90° flexion).  [Negative/Positive] McMurray's test of lateral meniscus (pain when knee is brought from full to 90° flexion while leg is externally rotated with compression over the medial joint line).  [Negative/Positive] McMurray's test of medial meniscus (pain when knee is brought from full to 90° flexion while leg is internally rotated with compression over the lateral joint line). 

[Remainder of extremity exam unremarkable.]


https://www.orthobullets.com/recon/12755/knee-physical-exam--adult

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