Knee
History
- Age
- Occupation
- Pain
- Location
- point to where it is
- radiation
- does the pain go anywhere else
- Type
- Burning, sharp, dull
- How long have you had the pain
- How did it start
- Injury
- Mechanism of injury
- Position of leg at time of injury
- Direct / indirect
- Audible POP
- Could you play on or did you leave the field?
- ACL
- Did it swell at the time
- Immediately
- Haemathrosis
- Delayed
- Traumatic synovitis
- Audible POP
- How was it treated?
- Insidious
- Progression
- Is it getting worse or is it remaining stable
- Is it better, worse or the same
- When
- Mechanical / Walking
- Rest
- Nocte
- constant
- Aggravating & Relieving Factors
- stairs
- start up, mechanical
- pain with twisting & turning
- up & down hills
- kneeling
- squatting
- Other
- Swelling
- Length of time
- Progression
- ? painful
- Local vs generalised
- Associated with injury
- Locking / clicking
- Loose body, meniscal tear
- Locking vs pseudo-locking
- Giving way
- Buckling 2° pain
- ACL
- Twisting
- PCL with PLC
- Going downstairs
- Patella
- MCL
- Cutting movements
- Red Flags
- Risk Factors
- Function
- How has this affected your life
- Home
- getting out of chairs / bed
- socks
- stairs
- squat or kneel for gardening
- walking distance
- get & out of cars
- Work
- Sport
- Type & intensity
- Run, jump
- Treatment
- Nonoperative
- Medications
- Analgesia
- How much
- How long
- Physio
- Orthotics
- Walking sticks
- Splints
- Operative
- Past Medical History
- Family history
Any last questions
- what would you like done?
- What problem would you like fixed?