Painful knee joint

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130 Painful knee joint

Instruction

Examine this patient’s leg.

Examine this patient’s joints.

Examine this patient’s knee joint.

Salient features

History

• Painful knee joint

• Take a history of trauma and fever

• History of rheumatoid arthritis, gout or haemophilia.

Examination

• Pain on movement of the joint (take care not to hurt the patient)

• Swelling of the joint (you must demonstrate fluid in the joint, see Fig. V.3)

• Check both active and passive movements

• Look for disuse atrophy of the muscles around the joint

• Tell the examiner that you would like to:

• examine other joints
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