Instrumented laxity test for the evaluation of posterior cruciate ligament reconstructed knee. 1992

J K Wu, and J Y Su, and S Y Lin, and L C Yeh
Department of Orthopacdic Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.

By making anterior and posterior drawer tests using "Laxity tester" is an objective way to evaluate the resting position of tibia plateau and knee laxity. This study followed up 16 cases of PCL reconstructed or pull-out repaired knees for an average of two years and seven months. A force of 20 1b was applied to evaluate knee laxity at 30 degree and 90 degree knee flexion. From paired t-test, the stability of reconstructed knees was not statistically different from that of control contralateral normal knees. The functional scores measured by the Gillquist scoring system for injured knees after reconstruction were satisfactory. Therefore the restabilized PCL deficient knees by the modified Clancy method or pull-out repair yielded good evaluation scores. The data of contralateral normal knee laxity obtained in this study was used as reference in pre-operative and post-operative evaluation of PCL injured knee.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007593 Joint Instability Lack of stability of a joint or joint prosthesis. Hypermobility, Joint,Instability, Joint,Laxity, Joint,Hypermobilities, Joint,Instabilities, Joint,Joint Hypermobilities,Joint Hypermobility,Joint Instabilities,Joint Laxities,Joint Laxity,Laxities, Joint
D007717 Knee A region of the lower extremity immediately surrounding and including the KNEE JOINT.
D007718 Knee Injuries Injuries to the knee or the knee joint. Injuries, Knee,Injury, Knee,Knee Injury
D008297 Male Males
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016119 Posterior Cruciate Ligament A strong ligament of the knee that originates from the anterolateral surface of the medial condyle of the femur, passes posteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia. Cruciate Ligament, Posterior,Cruciate Ligaments, Posterior,Ligament, Posterior Cruciate,Ligaments, Posterior Cruciate,Posterior Cruciate Ligaments

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