The Knee Joint Quizz

What type of joint is the tibial--femoral joint?

• Saddle joint.

• Hinge joint

• Pivot joint

• Synovial hinge joint

Answer explanation

The tibial-femoral joint is a synovial hinge joint. It has a synovium as well as behaves like a hinge or door handle. Importantly, although it appears to have 2 movements being flexion and extension, there is one other essential movement. What is it?

Which ligament is shown in this diagram and what intra-articular structure is it connected to?

• Lateral Collateral Ligament connected to Fibular hea

• Medial Collateral Ligament connected to the medial meniscus

• Medial Collateral Ligament connected to the lateral aspect of the tibial shaft

• Lateral Collateral Ligament connected to lateral meniscus

When objectively assessing the knee joint (or any other joint), it is most important to take which of the following 2 pieces of subjective/objective examination information into account?,

• The patients` health insurance billing costs

• Severity, Irritability and heat around the joint.

• Severity, irritability and nature.

• Consent from the patient.

What is the name of this test and which structure is it assessing?

• Anterior Drawers test assessing the ACL

• Posterior Drawers test assessing the PCL

• Lachman`s Test assessing the ACL

• Posterior Sag test assessing the PCL

Which mobilization techniques are used for pain?

• Grade 2 AP accessory and Grade 1 physiological movement

• Grade 2 AP accessory and Grade 3 physiological movement

• Grade 1 PA accessory and Grade 4 physiological movement

• Grade 3 PA accessory and Grade 1 physiological movement

The roll and slide (glide) rule encompasses.....

• how a concave surface moves in the opposite direction to it`s static convex surface.

• how a convex surface moves in the same direction to it`s static concave surface.

• how a concave surface moves in the same direction to it`s static convex surface.

• how a convex surface does not facilitate any biomechanical movements.

If the tibio-femoral joint is stuck in 0 degrees extension due to stiffness primarily and pain secondarily, which of the following mobilization techniques would you use to try solve the problem?

• A grade 3 PA

• A grade 2 Ap

• A grade 2 PA

• A grade 3 AP

The diagram in this question demonstrates...

• Concentric quadricep strengthening

• Concentric Hamstring strengthening

• Eccentric Hamstring strenthening

• Eccentric Quadricep strengtheing

Which of the following is true concerning the Q-angle (2 answers are correct)?

• The Q angle is formed from the axes of the femur drawn from the ASIS to the mid patella and the axis of the tibia from the mid patella through the tibial tuberosity.

• Is generally larger in men than women.

• A weakness in the PF joint generally reveals a patella that tracks medially.

• The Q angle formed by the vector for the combined pull of the quadriceps femoris muscle and the patellar tendon, is important because of the lateral pull it exerts on the patella.

Which of the following is not correct when it concerns the patello-femoral joint?

• The patella should normally sit more medially over the femoral condyles.

• The patella is an example of a sesamoid bone.

• It is a hinge joint.

• Is not involved in measuring the Q angle.