Chris Mulryan
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This quiz will assess your knowledge of musculoskeletal examination findings.

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Musculoskeletal Examination Single Best of 5 Formative Self Assessment

Question 1 of 10

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Which one of the following diagnosis must be excluded in a patient with a mono arthritis?

Select one of the following:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • Osteoarthritis

  • Septic Arthritis

  • Paget's disease of bone

  • Psoriatic Arthritis

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

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Pain which is maximal when assessed using resisted active movement is likely to be originating from which one of the following anatomical locations?

Select one of the following:

  • Bone

  • The Joint

  • Tendons

  • Synovium

  • Cartilage

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

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Which one of the following is a risk factor for the development of osteoarthritis?

Select one of the following:

  • Human Leucocyte Antigen B27

  • Abnormal Loading

  • Increased levels of uric acid in the blood

  • Increased osteoclast activity

  • Decreased osteoblast activity

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

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A patient who presents with a migratory arthritis who also has red eyes and mucosal ulceration should be suspected as having which one of the following conditions?

Select one of the following:

  • Crystal Arthropathies

  • Septic Arthritis

  • Joint Neoplasms

  • Reactive Arthritis

  • Soft tissue neoplasm

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

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The term arthropathy is used to describe which one of the following conditions?

Select one of the following:

  • Joint inflammation

  • Joint pain without inflammation

  • Any disease of a joint

  • Surgical procedure to clean the joint

  • Collection of fluid with a joint

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

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A patient presents with swelling across all of her metacarpal joints in both hands, no other joints are described as painful. Which one of the descriptions below best describes this situation?

Select one of the following:

  • A Proximal oligoarthritis

  • A distal, symmetrical, polyarthritis

  • A distal, oligoarthritis

  • An asymmetric polyarthritis

  • A distal monoarthritis

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

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Which one of the following is NOT a type of deformity that can be observed in the fingers?

Select one of the following:

  • Mallet Deformity

  • Swann Neck Deformity

  • Boutonniere Deformity

  • Bouchard's Nodes

  • Thoras Nodes

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

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A Bakers cyst is best defined by which one of the following statements?

Select one of the following:

  • A swelling seen on the elbows of patients with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis

  • A swelling seen on the elbows of patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

  • A fusiform swelling on the Achilles tendon

  • A reducible swelling of synovial fluid in the popliteal fossa

  • A non reducible swelling on the anterior knee

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

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Hebden’s Nodes are a feature of which one of the following conditions?

Select one of the following:

  • Osteoarthritis

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • Psoriatic Arthritis

  • Sjögren's syndrome

  • Osteomalacia

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

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The development of a varus deformity at the knee will result in which one of the following clinical appearances?

Select one of the following:

  • A locking of the knee

  • A fixed flexion deformity

  • Bow leggedness

  • Knock knees

  • Charcot appearance

Explanation

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