ADVANCED PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT: WEEK 6: NEURO: TEST
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) What is the McMurray test? -- Answer ✔✔ Knee is flexed as much as possible -
assess the medial and lateral menisci by internally or externally rotating the knee
as you extend it to 90 degrees
2) What is the abduction (valgus) stress test -- Answer ✔✔ tests the MCL
3) What is the adduction (varus) stress test -- Answer ✔✔ tests the LCL
4) What is the posterior drawer sign -- Answer ✔✔ tests the PCL
5) What is the anterior drawer sign -- Answer ✔✔ tests ACL
6) What is the Lachman test? -- Answer ✔✔ tests ACL
, 7) Risk factors for osteoporosis -- Answer ✔✔ postmenopaus, low BMI, >50 y/o,
dec physact., dec Ca
8) Osteoporosis tx -- Answer ✔✔ Ca, vit D, antiresorptive, anabolic, and anti-
RANK ligand agents
9) Synovial joints -- Answer ✔✔ freely movable joints
10) Cartilaginous joints -- Answer ✔✔ allow only slight movement
11) Fibrous joints -- Answer ✔✔ immovable
12) It patient has pain and is under 60 -- Answer ✔✔ consider repetitive strain or
overuse syndromes, crystal-induced arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic
arthritis, reactive arthritis, and infectious arthritis
13) If patient has pain and is over 60 -- Answer ✔✔ look for osteoarthritis (OA),
gout and pseudogout, polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), osteoporotic fracture, and
septic bacterial arthritis
14) S/S of OA -- Answer ✔✔ wear and tear, heberden nodes, bouchard nodes, wide
base stance, pain worsens with activity
15) S/S RA -- Answer ✔✔ tender, painful, stiff, symmetric, ulnar deviation, pain
worse at rest, morning stiffness, boutonniere deformity of thumb, swan-neck
fingers
16) Difference between pseudogout and gout -- Answer ✔✔ speudo= calcium
crystals not urate
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) What is the McMurray test? -- Answer ✔✔ Knee is flexed as much as possible -
assess the medial and lateral menisci by internally or externally rotating the knee
as you extend it to 90 degrees
2) What is the abduction (valgus) stress test -- Answer ✔✔ tests the MCL
3) What is the adduction (varus) stress test -- Answer ✔✔ tests the LCL
4) What is the posterior drawer sign -- Answer ✔✔ tests the PCL
5) What is the anterior drawer sign -- Answer ✔✔ tests ACL
6) What is the Lachman test? -- Answer ✔✔ tests ACL
, 7) Risk factors for osteoporosis -- Answer ✔✔ postmenopaus, low BMI, >50 y/o,
dec physact., dec Ca
8) Osteoporosis tx -- Answer ✔✔ Ca, vit D, antiresorptive, anabolic, and anti-
RANK ligand agents
9) Synovial joints -- Answer ✔✔ freely movable joints
10) Cartilaginous joints -- Answer ✔✔ allow only slight movement
11) Fibrous joints -- Answer ✔✔ immovable
12) It patient has pain and is under 60 -- Answer ✔✔ consider repetitive strain or
overuse syndromes, crystal-induced arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic
arthritis, reactive arthritis, and infectious arthritis
13) If patient has pain and is over 60 -- Answer ✔✔ look for osteoarthritis (OA),
gout and pseudogout, polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), osteoporotic fracture, and
septic bacterial arthritis
14) S/S of OA -- Answer ✔✔ wear and tear, heberden nodes, bouchard nodes, wide
base stance, pain worsens with activity
15) S/S RA -- Answer ✔✔ tender, painful, stiff, symmetric, ulnar deviation, pain
worse at rest, morning stiffness, boutonniere deformity of thumb, swan-neck
fingers
16) Difference between pseudogout and gout -- Answer ✔✔ speudo= calcium
crystals not urate
