During today's episode, we will cover the evaluation process for various traumatic knee injuries and how these types of injuries occur in the athletic population. We will focus on understanding each of the ligamentous injury grading scale components and how to grade a patient's injury. What is the O'Donoghue triad, also known as the unhappy triad? What is the dial knee test? Why is the posterior lateral knee compartment important? Our great physicians will answer all these questions to help each listener grow as a medical provider. We hope you enjoy this great educational talk on traumatic knee injuries. 

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· Intro (0:00)

· Dr. Josh Martin Introduction (0:25)

· What is the most injured ligament of the knee? (1:40)

· Understanding grade one ligamentous injury (2:00)

· Testing the Medial Collateral Ligament with valgus force (4:35)

· Understanding grade two ligamentous injuries (5:05)

· Understanding grade three ligamentous injuries (7:20)

· Anterior cruciate ligament mechanism of injury (8:50)

· The Unhappy Triad (11:38)

· Posterior cruciate ligament injury (12:27)

· Isolated PCL treatment options (13:50)

· Structures located in the posterior lateral compartment of the knee (16:50)

· Dial Knee Test (17:40)

· Varus thrust during gait (20:00)