Rotatory knee laxity tests and the pivot shift as tools for ACL treatment algorithm

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 793-800

  Musahl, Volker ^a   Kopf, Sebastian ^b   Rabuck, Stephen ^a   Becker, Roland ^c   van der Merwe, Willem ^d   Zaffagnini, Stefano ^e   Fu, Freddie H ^a   Karlsson, Jon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c City Hospital Brandenburg   (Germany)

^d Sports Science Orthopaedic Clinic   (South Africa)

^e RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Clinical examination; Pivot shift; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENODESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TENODESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858748640     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1857-6     Document Type: Article

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