Open AccessUltrasonographic test for complete anterior cruciate ligament injury
Author(s) -
Piotr Grzelak,
Michał Podgórski,
Ludomir Stefańczyk,
Marcin Domżalski
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.152432
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior cruciate ligament , orthopedic surgery , arthroscopy , pivot shift test , acl injury , ultrasound , magnetic resonance imaging , surgery , nuclear medicine , radiology , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Although ultrasound (US) has a wide range of applications in orthopedic diagnostics, sonographic evaluation of traumatic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) insufficiency is still inadequate. There is a growing need for diagnostic tests that allow for simple and reliable assessment of ACL instability. This investigation aims to evaluate feasibility of sonographic technique for diagnosing complete ACL insufficiency.