CLINICAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2026/2027 | CLINICAL EXAM
QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE & COMPREHENSIVE TEST PREP
Which of the following are causes of posterior ankle pain? Choose all that apply.
A. Discrete separate trigonum
B. Flexor hallucis longus tendinopathy
C. Haglund's syndrome
D. Prominent Seida’s process - Correct answer ✔✔ A, B & D.
Which of the following signs/symptoms would be present in an athlete with acute anterior
compartment syndrome?
Select one:
a. Posterior tibial pulse will be diminished
b. Pain will go away about 30 minutes after completion of exercise
c. Eversion will be weak
d. Numbness will occur around 2nd MT - Correct answer ✔✔ d. Numbness will occur around
2nd MT
After gathering a history and making observations of a knee injury you know that the patient
has pain around the anterior knee and have observed squinting patella. Wilson's and
Apprehension tests were negative. Ober's test showed some tightness and pain. Athlete has full
active range of motion of the knee. Strength of knee extension was 3/5 on MMT. What injury
does the athlete most likely have?
Select one:
a. IT Band Syndrome
b. Osteochondritis dessicans
c. Patellofemoral pain syndrome
d. Subluxing patella - Correct answer ✔✔ c. Patellofemoral pain syndrome
,Which of the following characterizes a "bow-legged" condition?
I. Femoral valgus
II. Femoral varus
III. Tibial valgus
IV. Tibial varus
Select one:
a. I and III
b. I and IV
c. II and III
d. II and IV - Correct answer ✔✔ b. I and IV
Which of the following is true about retroversion and anteversion?
Select one:
a. A patient with retroversion will demonstrate feet with toes pointed in
b. Anteversion and retroversion are a condition where the angle of the neck of the femur to the
shaft of the femur is too big or small
c. Measuring the torsion of the tibia, if a patient is anteverted, the angle will be greater than 20
degrees
d. Retroversion and anteversion is caused by tight hip flexors - Correct answer ✔✔ c. Measuring
the torsion of the tibia, if a patient is anteverted, the angle will be greater than 20 degrees
A football athlete comes to see you with low back pain. The pain has been present for two
weeks. It began as a dull pain in the low back around the L3 level and has slowly increased. Pain
is increased with coughing and when flexing the trunk. There is some numbness and tingling in
the low back and lower leg. What injuries could be a part of your differential diagnosis at this
point? Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
,a. Disc herniation
b. Facet syndrome
c. Nerve root compression
d. SI joint sprain
e. Spondylolysis - Correct answer ✔✔ a & c
Which of the following are possible causes of sciatica? Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. Adductor Magnus inflammation
b. Gluteus Medius tightness
c. SI joint dysfunction
d. Strain of gluteus medius
e. Tightness in the pirformis muscle - Correct answer ✔✔ c & e
An athlete has anterior thigh pain. During your evaluation you notice a positive Thomas test and
the following measurements: Anatomical Leg Length 8 mm difference, Apparent Leg Length 27
mm difference. Which of the following statements are true? Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. Apparent leg length difference is significant
b. Anatomical leg length difference is significant
c. Patient would have a negative Ely's test
d. Patient has tight gluteus maximus
e. Patient has a tight rectus femoris muscle - Correct answer ✔✔ a & e
Which of the following injuries most commonly occur in preadolescent athletes? Choose all that
apply.
Select one or more:
, a. Illiac crest contusion
b. Lumbar disc pathology
c. Legg-calve-perthes
d. Myositis ossificans
e. Osteitis pubis
f. Osteochronditis dessicans
g. Snapping hip - Correct answer ✔✔ c & e
Which of the following are signs/symptoms of slipped capital femoral epiphysis? Choose all that
apply.
Select one or more:
a. A leg length difference may be noted
b. Decreased external rotation and extension will be noted
c. Pain is generally felt in posterior hip
d. Predisposing factors include obesity, adolescents, and male gender
e. With unstable slipped femoral capital epiphysis, the patient will have an antalgic gait - Correct
answer ✔✔ a & d
he differential diagnosis for medial epicondylitis includes: Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. Pronator teres myotendinous tear
b. Olecranon bursitis
c. UCL tear
d. Ulnar neuritis - Correct answer ✔✔ c & d
The continual use of the arms above the horizontal plane in an athletic endeavor has been
known to lead to which of the following conditions? Choose all that apply.
QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE & COMPREHENSIVE TEST PREP
Which of the following are causes of posterior ankle pain? Choose all that apply.
A. Discrete separate trigonum
B. Flexor hallucis longus tendinopathy
C. Haglund's syndrome
D. Prominent Seida’s process - Correct answer ✔✔ A, B & D.
Which of the following signs/symptoms would be present in an athlete with acute anterior
compartment syndrome?
Select one:
a. Posterior tibial pulse will be diminished
b. Pain will go away about 30 minutes after completion of exercise
c. Eversion will be weak
d. Numbness will occur around 2nd MT - Correct answer ✔✔ d. Numbness will occur around
2nd MT
After gathering a history and making observations of a knee injury you know that the patient
has pain around the anterior knee and have observed squinting patella. Wilson's and
Apprehension tests were negative. Ober's test showed some tightness and pain. Athlete has full
active range of motion of the knee. Strength of knee extension was 3/5 on MMT. What injury
does the athlete most likely have?
Select one:
a. IT Band Syndrome
b. Osteochondritis dessicans
c. Patellofemoral pain syndrome
d. Subluxing patella - Correct answer ✔✔ c. Patellofemoral pain syndrome
,Which of the following characterizes a "bow-legged" condition?
I. Femoral valgus
II. Femoral varus
III. Tibial valgus
IV. Tibial varus
Select one:
a. I and III
b. I and IV
c. II and III
d. II and IV - Correct answer ✔✔ b. I and IV
Which of the following is true about retroversion and anteversion?
Select one:
a. A patient with retroversion will demonstrate feet with toes pointed in
b. Anteversion and retroversion are a condition where the angle of the neck of the femur to the
shaft of the femur is too big or small
c. Measuring the torsion of the tibia, if a patient is anteverted, the angle will be greater than 20
degrees
d. Retroversion and anteversion is caused by tight hip flexors - Correct answer ✔✔ c. Measuring
the torsion of the tibia, if a patient is anteverted, the angle will be greater than 20 degrees
A football athlete comes to see you with low back pain. The pain has been present for two
weeks. It began as a dull pain in the low back around the L3 level and has slowly increased. Pain
is increased with coughing and when flexing the trunk. There is some numbness and tingling in
the low back and lower leg. What injuries could be a part of your differential diagnosis at this
point? Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
,a. Disc herniation
b. Facet syndrome
c. Nerve root compression
d. SI joint sprain
e. Spondylolysis - Correct answer ✔✔ a & c
Which of the following are possible causes of sciatica? Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. Adductor Magnus inflammation
b. Gluteus Medius tightness
c. SI joint dysfunction
d. Strain of gluteus medius
e. Tightness in the pirformis muscle - Correct answer ✔✔ c & e
An athlete has anterior thigh pain. During your evaluation you notice a positive Thomas test and
the following measurements: Anatomical Leg Length 8 mm difference, Apparent Leg Length 27
mm difference. Which of the following statements are true? Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. Apparent leg length difference is significant
b. Anatomical leg length difference is significant
c. Patient would have a negative Ely's test
d. Patient has tight gluteus maximus
e. Patient has a tight rectus femoris muscle - Correct answer ✔✔ a & e
Which of the following injuries most commonly occur in preadolescent athletes? Choose all that
apply.
Select one or more:
, a. Illiac crest contusion
b. Lumbar disc pathology
c. Legg-calve-perthes
d. Myositis ossificans
e. Osteitis pubis
f. Osteochronditis dessicans
g. Snapping hip - Correct answer ✔✔ c & e
Which of the following are signs/symptoms of slipped capital femoral epiphysis? Choose all that
apply.
Select one or more:
a. A leg length difference may be noted
b. Decreased external rotation and extension will be noted
c. Pain is generally felt in posterior hip
d. Predisposing factors include obesity, adolescents, and male gender
e. With unstable slipped femoral capital epiphysis, the patient will have an antalgic gait - Correct
answer ✔✔ a & d
he differential diagnosis for medial epicondylitis includes: Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. Pronator teres myotendinous tear
b. Olecranon bursitis
c. UCL tear
d. Ulnar neuritis - Correct answer ✔✔ c & d
The continual use of the arms above the horizontal plane in an athletic endeavor has been
known to lead to which of the following conditions? Choose all that apply.
