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  • Title: A new diagnostic approach using regional analysis of anterior knee laxity in patients with anterior cruciate ligament deficiency.
    Author: Lin HC, Chang CM, Hsu HC, Lai WH, Lu TW.
    Journal: Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc; 2011 May; 19(5):760-7. PubMed ID: 21253707.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: The first purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of the anterior knee laxity in the three regions of different stiffness in the force-displacement curve, which was obtained from a frequently used arthrometer for quantifying knee joint stability in the patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture and the healthy controls. The second purpose was to compare the characteristics from the regional analysis of the anterior knee laxity between the two subject groups in order to explore proper diagnosis criteria. METHODS: Seventy-one patients with unilateral ACL tear and eighty healthy controls were enrolled and their anterior knee laxities were tested using the KT-2000 arthrometer. The displacements and stiffness of the three regions were extracted separately and compared between groups to further develop the diagnostic criteria. RESULTS: The results indicated that the laxity behavior was mostly affected in Region 2 and Region 3 after ACL tear. Two good indicators for ACL tear were found in the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis: Region 2 with the displacement larger than 3.7 mm and Region 3 with the stiffness smaller than 22 N/mm. These two criteria provided a better diagnostic accuracy with increased sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS: The regional analysis method developed in this study could provide more information for understanding the characteristics of the anterior knee laxity and help increase the diagnostic accuracy for ACL rupture. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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