Orthopedic Quiz

1. A person has shoulder pain while lifting the arm through roughly 60–120 degrees. Passive motion is largely preserved, and there was no dislocation or major trauma. Which condition is the best match?

2. During a sprint, an athlete feels as though someone kicked the back of the ankle. There is a pop, difficulty pushing off, and an abnormal Thompson test. Which injury is most likely?

3. A person has pain over the outside of the hip that is worse when lying on that side. Pressing over the greater trochanter reproduces the pain. Which condition best fits?

4. A soccer player pivots on a planted foot, hears a pop in the knee, and develops rapid swelling. The Lachman test shows increased forward movement of the tibia. Which structure is most likely injured?

5. A person with new severe lower-back pain develops saddle-area numbness, urinary retention, and weakness in both legs. Which condition must be considered urgently?

6. An older adult falls, cannot stand, and has severe groin pain. The affected leg appears shortened and externally rotated. Which injury should be suspected?

7. A tennis player develops pain over the outer elbow that is reproduced by resisted wrist extension and gripping. What is the most likely condition?

8. A person wakes at night with tingling in the thumb, index, and middle fingers. Shaking the hand provides temporary relief. Which condition best explains the symptoms?

9. Following a twisting knee injury, a person experiences joint-line pain, catching, and intermittent locking. Which injury best matches this presentation?

10. Lower-back pain travels down the back of one leg below the knee, and straight-leg raising reproduces the radiating symptoms. Which condition is most likely?

11. After a fall, a person holds the arm slightly away from the body and cannot move the shoulder normally. The shoulder contour looks flattened. Which injury is most likely?

12. A recreational runner has gradual pain around the front of the knee that worsens on stairs and after sitting with the knee bent. There was no single injury. Which condition best fits?

13. A person falls onto an outstretched hand and develops wrist pain with tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox. Which injury is most likely?

14. A runner develops gradually worsening, sharply localized pain over the tibia. Hopping reproduces the pain, and the tender area is small rather than spread along the shin. Which condition is most likely?

15. After rolling an ankle inward, a person has swelling and maximal tenderness just in front of the lateral malleolus. Which injury best matches this pattern?

16. Neck pain radiates into the arm and middle finger, accompanied by reduced triceps strength and a diminished triceps reflex. Which condition best fits?