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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 68-B, Issue 2, 292-296
Copyright © 1986 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Radiological assessment of anterior cruciate ligament deficiency. A new technique

GJ Hooper

A new method of demonstrating sagittal laxity in the anterior cruciate-deficient knee is described. Seventy such knees were compared to 70 normal knees. Sagittal laxity was recorded as the average displacement of the medial and lateral femoral condyles. This displacement index was significantly different between the two groups of knees (P less than 0.0001). A range for normal and abnormal knees is discussed. Quantitative assessment of the degree of sagittal laxity by clinical evaluation is shown to be unreliable. Only the pivot-shift test demonstrated any significant correlation with the amount of sagittal displacement (P less than 0.05).


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