Sports & Soft Tissue MCQs

Orthopedics · 5 free questions with answers & explanations.

1. A 28-year-old footballer pivots on a planted foot. He hears a 'pop', the knee swells immediately (haemarthrosis), and the Lachman test is positive with absent endpoint. McMurray's test is negative. What structure is most likely injured?
2. A 35-year-old male sprinter has sudden severe calf pain during a race as if 'hit by a bat'. Examination shows a palpable gap above the heel, Thompson's test is positive (squeezing the calf does not produce plantar flexion). What structure is injured, and what is the Thompson test testing?
3. A 22-year-old male presents with lateral elbow pain that worsens on resisted wrist extension and gripping. Tenderness is maximal over the lateral epicondyle. The condition is most accurately described as:
4. A 30-year-old weightlifter presents with shoulder pain and click on abduction. MRI arthrogram shows a tear of the superior labrum from anterior to posterior. This is best classified as:
5. A 40-year-old patient develops acute severe pain, pallor, pulselessness, paraesthesia, and paralysis of the forearm after a closed forearm injury. Compartment pressure measured in the volar compartment is 45 mmHg with a diastolic BP of 75 mmHg (delta pressure = 30 mmHg). What is the immediate management?