The role of static and dynamic rotatory laxity testing in evaluating ACL injury

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 603-612

  Musahl, Volker ^e   Seil, Romain ^b   Zaffagnini, Stefano ^c   Tashman, Scott ^a   Karlsson, Jon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Centre Hospitalier Clinique d'Eich and Sports Medicine Research Laboratory   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Kinematics; Pivot shift; Rotatory laxity

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858753454     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1830-4     Document Type: Article

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