Great video! If you see this patient again, I have a request: Can you take a video of this same test with a camera angle oriented towards the medial joint line? I definitely appreciate the value you bring with this current video, but my students with a less developed eye may comprehend the special test a bit more with my suggestion. Also, thank you for providing great resources for my sports medicine students.
Good morning… so this Valgus test, are you supposed to have that little bit of play when you go outwards with it??? I play soccer, and a couple of days ago in a game, I attempted to make a long pass by using the inside of my right foot, but an opposing player stuck his foot in there just in time to block my pass. It was a pretty forceful block. Had to walk off the field within a couple of minutes due to the discomfort. In like 30 minutes or so, I could already tell that it got swollen. I am able to bend my knee to like a 15-20 degree angle, but If I try to go further, I begin to feel like my knee wants to lock up from the inside. All of my pain is from the inside of my right knee. I can extend just fine. I haven’t tried to see if I can flex my quad muscle. Just trying to determine if it something serious or not 🥺😢🥺. I have been icing on and off. What do you think Doc???
Is there a difference between doing it at 0 degrees and 30 degrees of knee flexion? This patient had positive valgus stress test in both scenarios - whats the significance?
Once you bring the knee into 30 degress of flexion it isolates JUST the MCL. Doing it at 0 involves both the medial joint capsule and MCL (maybe some of the other structures too).
Great video, as always!
Its really helpful and easily understood
Great video 👍
it is really helpful , thank u so much
Thanks
It is helpful. I believe many watchers from other countries like me.
What was the management plan Paul?
Great video! If you see this patient again, I have a request: Can you take a video of this same test with a camera angle oriented towards the medial joint line? I definitely appreciate the value you bring with this current video, but my students with a less developed eye may comprehend the special test a bit more with my suggestion. Also, thank you for providing great resources for my sports medicine students.
Hi Adrianna, that was my original thought but patient wanted this view. Thanks for watching!
Good morning… so this Valgus test, are you supposed to have that little bit of play when you go outwards with it??? I play soccer, and a couple of days ago in a game, I attempted to make a long pass by using the inside of my right foot, but an opposing player stuck his foot in there just in time to block my pass. It was a pretty forceful block. Had to walk off the field within a couple of minutes due to the discomfort. In like 30 minutes or so, I could already tell that it got swollen. I am able to bend my knee to like a 15-20 degree angle, but If I try to go further, I begin to feel like my knee wants to lock up from the inside. All of my pain is from the inside of my right knee. I can extend just fine. I haven’t tried to see if I can flex my quad muscle. Just trying to determine if it something serious or not 🥺😢🥺. I have been icing on and off. What do you think Doc???
Thanks for the video! What degree of sprain would this be?
You are welcome! Grade 2
Is there a difference between doing it at 0 degrees and 30 degrees of knee flexion? This patient had positive valgus stress test in both scenarios - whats the significance?
Once you bring the knee into 30 degress of flexion it isolates JUST the MCL. Doing it at 0 involves both the medial joint capsule and MCL (maybe some of the other structures too).
So would this type of test prove if surgery is needed?
Not necessarily. It can help to make the decision to have an mri though