MSK Quiz Questions with All Correct Answers

MSK Quiz Questions with All Correct Answers Which nerve is being tested when the hand is *placed on a flat surface, palm up and the thumb* is raised against resistance? a. Radial b. Median c. Ulnar d. None of the above - Answer-b. Median A *snapping sound in the wrist* usually represents? a. Synovitis b. Carpal tunnel syndrome c. Subluxing tendons d. Infection - Answer-c. Subluxing tendons The inability to *flex* the DIP joint is suggestive of? a. Ulnar collateral ligament tear b. Mallet finger c. Jersey finger d. deQuervain's tendinitis - Answer-c. Jersey finger Weakness with *resisted great toe* *dorsiflexion* is suggestive of irritation of which nerve root? a. S1 b. L5 c. L4 d. L3 - Answer-b. L5 When testing range of motion of the back, *forward flexion* most increases? a. Facet pain b. Muscular pain c. Tendon pain d. Disc pain - Answer-d. disc pain Pain from *sciatica worsens* with which maneuver? a. Extension of back b. Flexing knee c. Twisting of back d. Valsalva - Answer-d. Valsalva The *Stork* test will aggravate pain associated with? a. Spondylolysis b. Spondylolisthesis c. SI joint dysfunction d. All of the above - Answer-D. All of the above Pain with the *FABER* test is suggestive of? a. SI joint pathology b. Sciatica c. IT band tightness d. Synovitis - Answer-a. SI joint pathology A large (3+) *effusion* of the knee occurring *within 12 hours* of an injury suggests which of the following? a. ACL tear b. Osgood-Schlatter's disease c. Patellofemoral syndrome d. LCL sprain - Answer-a. ACL Tear Which test when positive is suggestive of *deQuervain's tendinitis*? a. Watson stress test b. Grind test c. Tinel's test d. Finkelstein's test - Answer-d. Finkelstein's test Which test is usually positive with a *femoral neck stress fracture*? a. Hop test b. Log roll test c. Ober's test d. Trendelenburg test - Answer-a. Hop test The presence of *locking* of the knee suggests what injury? a. Patellofemoral syndrome b. MCL tear c. Quadriceps strain d. Meniscal tear - Answer-d. Meniscal tear The *definitive exam* used to evaluate for *ACL tear* is? a. Pivot shift b. Anterior drawer test c. Sag sign d. Lachman's test - Answer-d. Lachman's test Pain over the *tibia tubercle* is an important exam finding in which of the following? a. Meniscal tears b. MCL sprain c. Bipartate Patella d. Osgood-Schlatter's disease - Answer-d. Osgood-Schlatter's disease What is the typical mechanism for injury to the *deltoid ligament of the ankle*? a. Ankle inversion b. Ankle dorsiflexion c. Ankle plantarflexion d. Ankle eversion - Answer-d. Ankle eversion This is the *most common injury to the ankle*: a. Inversion injury b. Eversion injury c. Dorsiflexion d. External rotation - Answer-A. Inversion injury