Gravity-assisted pivot-shift test for anterior cruciate ligament injury: A new procedure to detect anterolateral rotatory instability of the knee joint

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-6

  Sakai, Hiroya ^a,b   Yajima, Hisataka ^a   Kobayashi, Naoki ^a   Kanda, Toyohiko ^a   Hiraoka, Hisatada ^c   Tamai, Kazuya ^a   Saotome, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterolateral rotatory instability; Gravity; Pivot shift; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SUPINE POSITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 30744459112     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0630-0     Document Type: Article

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