Diagnostic accuracy of physical examination for anterior knee instability: a systematic review

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2805-2813

  Leblanc, Marie Claude ^a   Kowalczuk, Marcin ^a   Andruszkiewicz, Nicole ^b   Simunovic, Nicole ^a   Farrokhyar, Forough ^a   Turnbull, Travis Lee ^c   Debski, Richard E ^d   Ayeni, Olufemi R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Diagnostic accuracy; Knee injuries; Physical examination; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMAN; INJURIES; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; RUPTURE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RUPTURE;

EID: 84942293787     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-015-3563-2     Document Type: Review

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