BACKGROUND The knee joint is prone to injury because of its complexity and weight-bearing function. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures happen in young and physically active population and can result in instability, meniscal tears, and articular cartilage damage. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of Lachman and anterior drawer tests in ACL injury in compare with arthroscop...

Lateral instability of the knee is less frequent but more disabling than medial instability of a comparable amount. At the same time the diagnostic tests for lateral instability are more subtle and more frequently misinterpreted. Posterolateral rotatory subluxation is demonstrated by an apparently positive posterior drawer test with the tibia in neutral rotation or by the external rotation-recu...

OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic accuracy of history taking and physical examination for assessing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) lesions in primary care. DESIGN Cross-sectional diagnostic study. SETTING Primary care. PARTICIPANTS Patients (N=134; age, 18-65y) who consulted their general practitioner (GP) within 5 weeks after injury. INTERVENTIONS Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEAS...

Background The optimal surgical procedure to address both anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency and medial compartment osteoarthritis (OA) has been controversial. Case report A 49-year-old woman with a 30-year history of chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency, medial compartment osteoarthritis, and varus deformity presented with medial knee pain and apprehension with walkin...

The effect of sectioning the anterior talofibular ligament on the load-displacement behavior of the ankle was evaluated in vitro during the anterior drawer test using the flexibility approach. Controlled forces were applied across the ankle joint in the anterior-posterior direction, and the resulting displacements were measured at four flexion angles (10 degrees of dorsiflexion, neutral, and 10...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective, blinded, diagnostic-accuracy study. OBJECTIVES To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the ankle anterior drawer test (ADT) to detect anterior talocrural joint laxity in adults with a history of lateral ankle sprain. BACKGROUND The ADT is used to manually detect anterior talocrural joint laxity following lateral ankle sprain injury; however, the diagnostic accura...

strate loss of integrity of the anterior cruciate ligament. These include the anterior drawer test, the Lachman test, the jerk test and the pivot shift test. Their usefulness in the acute case is often limited because of pain and swelling. The test which we describe is painless, noninvasive and accurate. Pathomechanics. The concept of the pivot shift, although attributed to Losee and first publ...