Inspection Done While Supine
The knee should be examined for:
- Masses
- Scars
- Lesions
- Signs of trauma/previous surgery
- Swelling (edema - particular in the medial fossa (the depression medial to the patella)
- erythema (redness)
- Muscle bulk and symmetry (in particular atrophy of the medial aspect of the quadriceps muscle - vastus medialis)
- Displacement of the patella (knee cap)
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