Open AccessEvaluation of the clinical signs of anterior cruciate ligament and meniscal injuries
Author(s) -
Dhavalakumar K Jain,
Rajkumar S Amaravati,
Gaurav Sharma
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.4103/0019-5413.55466
Subject(s) - lachman test , medicine , anterior cruciate ligament , pivot shift test , acl injury , arthroscopy , medial meniscus , anterior cruciate ligament injuries , orthopedic surgery , sign test , test (biology) , meniscus , physical examination , orthodontics , surgery , physical therapy , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction , osteoarthritis , mann–whitney u test , pathology , paleontology , alternative medicine , physics , incidence (geometry) , wilcoxon signed rank test , optics , biology
The diagnostic accuracy of anterior drawer (AD) sign, Lachman test and the pivot shift test for anterior cruciate ligament injury and McMurray test for medial and lateral meniscus is varied with sensitivity and specificity ranging from 2 to 100%. Generally, it is accepted that the pivot shift test is the most specific test to diagnose anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears and that the Lachman test is more sensitive than AD sign. This study was undertaken to calculate the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and efficiency for the above-mentioned diagnostic tests.