Methods to diagnose acute anterior cruciate ligament rupture: A meta-analysis of physical examinations with and without anaesthesia

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1895-1903

  van Eck, Carola F ^a,b   van den Bekerom, Michel P J ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^a   Poolman, Rudolf W ^c   Kerkhoffs, Gino M M J ^b  

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

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Joint Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterior drawer; Lachman; Pivot shift; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880588433     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2250-9     Document Type: Article

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