Question 1601
Topic: 5. Sports MedicineCorrect Answer & Explanation
. Posterior capsular stretching
Practice Set 81 of 360
This practice set contains high-yield board review questions covering key concepts in 5. Sports Medicine. Each clinical scenario is designed to test your diagnostic and management skills relevant to this subspecialty.
. Posterior capsular stretching
. atraumatic involuntary subluxation
. Superior lateral geniculate artery
Figure 1 is the MRI scan of a 15-year-old boy who has had knee pain with running for 5 months. Radiographs show an osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesion of the medial femoral condyle. What is the most appropriate treatment?

. Arthroscopic or open reduction and internal fixation
A 32-year-old recreational basketball player underwent a successful anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using hamstring autograft approximately 15 months ago. His chart notes that he has good functional knee outcome scores as tested by his physical therapist. However, he has not returned to play despite being cleared by his physician 3 months ago. After successful ACL reconstruction, which of the following factors has shown to contribute the greatest influence on a player's decision to return to sport? Review Topic
. Surgeon's advice not to return
. Decrease in internal rotation, increase in external rotation
. open exploration and repair of a pectoralis major tendon avulsion.
. A tear of the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments and the posteromedial capsule.
. Fibrocartilage
. approximately two times the failure load of the bone-patellar tendon-bone graft.
. Subscapularis
. Anterior cruciate ligament
. Subluxation of the extensor mechanisms at the MCP joint
-What is the most appropriate initial treatment for her condition?
. Arthroscopic capsular plication
One week ago a 25-year-old man slipped on the ice and fell, catching himself on a railing. He sustained an anterior shoulder dislocation that was subsequently reduced without difficulty in the emergency department, and he was discharged in a sling. He is now back for follow-up and reports no pain. Examination reveals no weakness on external rotation strength testing. What is the most appropriate management for this patient? Review Topic
. Sling immobilization for an additional 2 weeks
Which of the following best describes the pathologic anatomy of cam impingement of the hip? Review Topic
. Morphologic abnormality of the femoral head
A 23-year-old otherwise healthy 6-ft, 4-in basketball player complains of pain in his knees. An examination reveals localized tenderness to palpation over the inferior pole of the patella. The patient notes a significant exacerbation of his pain when the examiner takes the knee from flexion to extension. Review Topic
. Patellar tendonitis
. Reverse periacetabular osteotomy
. Predictable movement is produced by co-contraction of muscles
. suprascapular