Ford hurt his knee in an auto accident when his knee was rammedinto the dashboard. The doctor tested the knee for ligament damageby having Ford sit on the edge of a table with his knee flexed at a90-degree angle. The doctor attempted to pull the tibia in an anteriordirection (anterior drawer test) and then tried to push the tibia in aposterior direction (posterior drawer test). Results of the anterior drawertest were normal, but unusual movement did occur during the posteriordrawer test. Explain the purpose of each test, and describe whichligament was damaged.
Ford hurt his knee in an auto accident when his knee was rammedinto the dashboard. The doctor tested the knee for ligament damageby having Ford sit on the edge of a table with his knee flexed at a90-degree angle. The doctor attempted to pull the tibia in an anteriordirection (anterior drawer test) and then tried to push the tibia in aposterior direction (posterior drawer test). Results of the anterior drawertest were normal, but unusual movement did occur during the posteriordrawer test. Explain the purpose of each test, and describe whichligament was damaged.
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Ford hurt his knee in an auto accident when his knee was rammed
into the dashboard. The doctor tested the knee for ligament damage
by having Ford sit on the edge of a table with his knee flexed at a
90-degree angle. The doctor attempted to pull the tibia in an anterior
direction (anterior drawer test) and then tried to push the tibia in a
posterior direction (posterior drawer test). Results of the anterior drawer
test were normal, but unusual movement did occur during the posterior
drawer test. Explain the purpose of each test, and describe which
ligament was damaged.
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