| Question |
Answer |
| What type of fracture is most commonly found in the distal tibia, fibula shaft, and lateral malleolus |
Stress Fracture |
| What is a prevention for stress fractures? |
proper footwear and proper biomechanics
|
| A severe contusion to the lower leg can result in excessive swelling and eventual neurovascular compromise. |
True |
| Traumatic Compartment Syndrome |
pressure within a muscle compartment increase to the point of neurovascular compromise |
| An Achilles tendon rupture can result from sudden, violent ______ during ______ loading in full weight bearing. |
plantarflextion, eccentric |
| A patient who suffers from prolonged plantar fasciitis may develop what secondary problem? |
Heel spur |
| Signs and symptoms of an anterior compartment syndrome include |
severe pain, motor function loss over the distribution of the deep peroneal nerve, reduced blood flow due to the elevation of the limb
|
| An athlete with rearfoot varus is likely to develop what chronic injury? |
plantar fasciitis and medial tibial stress syndrome |
| What is the key sign to major dysfunction with traumatic compartment syndrome |
drop foot
|
| Which of the following tests examines the integrity of the Achilles tendon? |
Thompson test/Gastro Squeeze test
|
| Morton’s test identifies a ________________. |
neuroma
|
| Athlete reports feeling kicked or shot in the calf/achilles tendon |
S&S of a ruptured achilles
|
| Pain, paraesthesia, pale skin, pulse decrease, paralysis, warm skin, and weakness in great toe extension and dorsiflexion are S&S for what? |
Traumatic compartment syndrome |
| Pott Compression Test |
squeeze tibia and fibula with both hands looking for significant pain |
| In open chain pronation results from _________. |
eversion dorsiflexion and abduction |
| In open chain supination results from_________. |
inversion, plantar flexion and adduction |
| At what joint(s) does inversion and eversion occur? |
subtalar and transverse tarsal joints |
| Compression is contraindicated in traumatic compartment syndrome |
True |
| What is the key point with all compartment syndromes |
early recognition |
| What is the MOI for Chronic Extertional Compartment Syndrome? |
overuse, hypertrophy, and swelling from inflammation |
| What are some secondary S&S of Chronic Extertional Compartment Syndrome? |
muscular fatigue, heaviness within the compartment, decrease dorsiflexion and muscle function |
| What is tarsal tunnel? |
compression of the tibial nerve |
| The tarsal tunnel is why type of component? |
fibroosseous, inelastic |
| What forms the tarsal tunnel? |
talus, calcaneous, and flexor retinaculum. |
| What runs through the tarsal tunnel? |
tibial nerve, tibialis posterior, and FDL |
| S&S of tarsal tunnel are |
P! w numbness and tingling in arch that can radiate up the medial ankle, foot fatigue, burning of the plantar surface of toes, and inversion weakness |
| Where is pain usually located with Morton's Neuorma? |
between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsals, at top of the foot |
| Inflammation of deep vein and associated with a blood clot |
Deep Vein Thrombosis |
| S&S of DVT |
vague, dull ache in posterior calf, + Homan's sign, decrease or absent pedal pulse |
| Tinel's Sign |
identifies nerve pathology usually compression or entrapment, + sign = paresthisia or tingling |
| Pott's Fracture |
foot is forcibly everted, causing a fraction of the medial malleolus and a shear fx lateral malleolus or distal fibula |
| The body responds to inflammation by laying down additional scar tissue |
Tendonitis |
| A forceful or sudden plantarflexion during eccentric loading of the muscle describe what MOI |
ruptured achilles tendon |
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