The ACL Deficient KneeEdward M. Wojtys, Allen F. Anderson A review of surgical and nonsurgical treatment options of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. This text includes a discussion of ACL injuries, procedures and outcome evaluations. |
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Contents
TENSILE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE | 11 |
DIAGNOSIS | 19 |
CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT | 26 |
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ACL deficient knee ACL force ACL injury ACL reconstruction ACL tears acute ACL tears allograft AP displacement arthroscopic arthrosis articular cartilage assessment athletic augmentation autograft biomechanical Bone Joint Surg bone plug bone-patellar tendon-bone chronic ACL Clin Orthop clinical collagen collateral ligament conservative treatment cruciate ligament reconstruction debridement distal endoscopic evaluation femoral tunnel femur fibers flexion follow-up function Gillquist hamstring hemarthrosis iliotibial band increase instability interference screw intra-articular isometry isometry testing Jackson DW knee flexion knee ligament knee pain Lachman test laxity lesions ligament injuries medial medial collateral ligament meniscal tears meniscectomy ment muscle nonsurgical treatment Noyes and associates Orthopaedic osteochondral outcome patellar tendon graft patellofemoral patients pivot-shift posterior postoperative primary repair procedure quadriceps radiographic recon rehabilitation reported ruptures semitendinosus Shelbourne side-to-side difference significant Sports surgeon surgical suture symptoms technique tibial force tibial tunnel tibiofemoral tion tissue varus Warren RF weightbearing