Innovative Technology for Knee Laxity Evaluation: Clinical Applicability and Reliability of Inertial Sensors for Quantitative Analysis of the Pivot-Shift Test

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-70

  Zaffagnini, Stefano ^a   Lopomo, Nicola ^a   Signorelli, Cecilia ^a,b   Marcheggiani Muccioli, Giulio Maria ^a   Bonanzinga, Tommaso ^a   Grassi, Alberto ^a   Visani, Andrea ^a   Marcacci, Maurilio ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Anterior cruciate ligament injury; Dynamic instability; Knee kinematics; Pivot shift test

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE LAXITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIVOT SHIFT TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCELERATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84869832013     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2012.08.007     Document Type: Review

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