Healio

Researchers find pivot apprehension test effective in cases with ACL deficiency

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND — Researchers from the United Kingdom have validated and confirmed the reproducibility ...
Healio

App quantifies ACL tibial translation in injured patients during pivot shift testing

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh created an iPad application to determine pivot shift grade according ...
Science Daily

Study identifies skiers who can be successfully treated without surgery after an ACL tear

Roughly a quarter of recreational skiers who tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) while hitting the slopes can be successfully treated without surgery, according to a new study. Roughly a ...
BMJ

Unilateral tests of lower-limb function as prognostic indicators of future knee-related outcomes following anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic review and meta ...

Objective To investigate the prognostic capacity of individual hop tests, hop test batteries and other unilateral functional performance tests following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Design ...
Medscape

Can Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings Predict the Degree of Knee Joint Laxity in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction?

Background: The present study was performed to determine whether MRI findings can predict the degree of knee joint laxity in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction and whether the accuracy of the ...
BMJ

Does revision ACL reconstruction measure up to primary surgery? A meta-analysis comparing patient-reported and clinician-reported outcomes, and radiographic results

Purpose To compare patient-reported and clinician-reported outcomes, and radiographic results between patients who had had revision ACL reconstruction and those who had had primary ACL reconstruction.