Knee, Thigh, and Hip Quiz

1. A female cross country runner with gradual onset knee pain comes to your athletic training room. The pain is primarly just medial and inferior to the patella. A palpable piece of tissues can be felt in this area. What condition do you suspect?
A. patellar tendinitis
B. patellar plica syndrome
C. pes anserine bursitis
D. medial mensicus tear

2. A soccer player, making a slide tackle, feels a shift in the knee. She feels exhibits a hypermobile patella, a positive apprehension test, and decreased muscle tone in the vastus medialis oblique. What condition do you suspect?
A. patellar subluxation
B. chondromalacia patella
C. patellar tendinitis
D. tibio-femoral dislocation

3. A football player receives a valgus blow to the knee. They exhibit a positive valgus stress test in 30 degrees of flexion. What injury do you suspect?
A. lateral collateral ligament sprain
B. lateral meniscus tear
C. patellar tendon strain
D. medial collateral ligament sprain

4. A basketball player who has received repeated thigh contusions comes to you with a palpable mass in the quadriceps muscles. They say that they have ran through the pain each time and they have been hit with opponent's knees many times. What condition might you suspect?
A. rectus femoris strain
B. quadriceps tendinitis
C. myositis ossificans
D. osteochondritis dissecans

5. A female soccer player comes to you complaining of a snapping hip. They mention that most of the pain is located in the lateral hip, near "that bump that sticks out on the side." What condition might you suspect?
A. sartorius tendinitis
B. greater trochanteric bursitis
C. iliopsoas contusion
D. anterior superior iliac spine apophysitis