INSTRUMENTED MEASUREMENT OF ANTERIOR LAXITY OF THE KNEE
INSTRUMENTED MEASUREMENT OF ANTERIOR LAXITY OF THE KNEE
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DOI:
10.2106/00004623-198567050-00006
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
BURKS, R
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作者:
DANIEL, DM;MALCOM, LL;BURKS, R
Instrumented measurement of anterior-posterior laxity of the knee was measured in 33 cadaver specimens, 338 normal subjects, and 89 patients with unilateral disruption of the anterior cruciate ligament. The test instrument was the Medmetric knee arthrometer, model KT-2000. Total anterior-posterior laxity, produced by anterior and posterior loads of 89 N (20 lb), and the anterior compliance index were measured. The total anterior-posterior laxity is composed of an anterior displacement and a posterior displacement; these are measured from a testing reference position, defined as the resting position of the knee after applying and then releasing a posterior load of 89 N. The anterior compliance index is defined as the anterior displacement between an anterior load of 67 N and 1 of 89 N. All tests were performed with the knee held on a thigh support that placed the knee in 20.degree. .+-. 5 of flexion. The mean anterior displacement at 89 N was 5.7 mm in a group of normal subjects and 13.0 mm in a group of patients with a disrupted anterior cruciate ligament. Of the normal subjects 92% had a left knee-right knee difference in anterior displacement of no more than 2 mm, while 96% of the patients with a unilateral disruption of the anterior cruciate ligament had an injured knee-normal knee difference in anterior displacement of more than 2 mm. Of the normal subjects, 93% had a difference in the left-right compliance index of no more than 0.5 mm, and 85% of the patients with unilateral disruption of the anterior cruciate ligament had a difference in the compliance index of the injured and normal sides of more than 0.5 mm.