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When examining the knee of a baseball player you palpate this ligament, which is pencil or rope like, and NOT within the knee joint capsule.

When examining a peroneal nerve injury in your athlete, which of the following is true about a peroneal nerve injury?

When examining ACL tears, which of the following special tests has the better diagnostic ability for ACL tears?

What manual muscle test grade would you give a patient that can only perform knee extension through the full range while lying sideline without any additional resistance but not any motion when in short sitting?

You want to strengthen quadriceps muscles of an athlete recovering from patellar dislocation. Which of the following muscles is NOT one of the four muscles of the quadriceps femoris muscle group?

Your swimmer is c/o pain around the pes anserine region. What muscles are included in the pes anserine group?

When devising an ACL rehab protocol, you are careful because adding too much weight too soon during open chain knee extension at these ranges will increase the strain on the ACL.

A 17 year old wrestler c/o pain inside her knee. Which of the following special tests is used to rule out an osteochondral defect?

A fencer is c/o pain in their knee. You suspect this injury and assess it using Thessalys test.

When examining a possible MCL injury in a swimmer, you want to isolate this ligament. What degree of flexion should the knee be placed in to isolate testing the MCL during a valgus stress test?