Accuracy of clinical tests in the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament injury: A systematic review

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Swain, Michael S ^a,b   Henschke, Nicholas ^a,c   Kamper, Steven J ^a,d   Downie, Aron S ^a,b   Koes, Bart W ^e   Maher, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Diagnosis; Diagnostic test accuracy; Medical history taking; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTHROTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84906828440     PISSN: 2045709X     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12998-014-0025-8     Document Type: Review

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