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Evaluating different criteria to diagnose ACL rupture using a knee arthrometer

Soudbakhsh, D ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1115/SBC2009-206427
  3. Abstract:
  4. Every year many people suffer from knee injuries. Previous studies on patients with knee injuries has shown that about 40% percent of knee injuries are ligament injuries, and about 50% of the ligament injuries are the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries [1–2]. Knee arthrometers are widely used to diagnose ACL injuries, along with other methods [3–4]. In the current research, a knee arthrometer which was developed to provide an accurate measurement of AP displacement of the knee [5] was used to measure anterior laxity of the knees of 20 subjects, and the results were analyzed to find better criteria to diagnose ACL rupture using knee arthrometers
  5. Keywords:
  6. Rupture ; Anterior cruciate ligament ; Knee
  7. Source: Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 2009, SBC2009, 17 June 2009 through 21 June 2009 ; Issue PART B , 2009 , Pages 817-818 ; 9780791848913 (ISBN)
  8. URL: http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1713355