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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 9/2018

01-09-2018 | Knee

The diagnostic reliability of the quantitative pivot-shift evaluation using an electromagnetic measurement system for anterior cruciate ligament deficiency was superior to those of the accelerometer and iPad image analysis

Authors: Toshikazu Tanaka, Yuichi Hoshino, Nobuaki Miyaji, Kazuyuki Ibaragi, Kyohei Nishida, Yuichiro Nishizawa, Daisuke Araki, Noriyuki Kanzaki, Takehiko Matsushita, Ryosuke Kuroda

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 9/2018

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Abstract

Purpose

Several non-invasive devices have been developed to obtain quantitative assessment of the pivot-shift test in clinical setting using similar but diverse measurement parameters. However, the clinical usability of those measurements has yet to be closely investigated and compared. The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of three non-invasive measurement devices for the pivot-shift test.

Methods

Thirty patients with unilateral anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury were enrolled. The pivot-shift test was performed under general anaesthesia. Three devices, an accelerometer system (KiRA), an image analysis iPad application (iPad), and electromagnetic measurement system (EMS), were used simultaneously to provide two parameters, namely tibial acceleration monitored using KiRA and EMS, and tibial translation recorded using iPad and EMS. Side-to-side differences in each parameter and correlation between the measurements were tested, and a receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was conducted to compare their measurement accuracy.

Results

Significant side-to-side differences were successfully detected using any of the measurements (all p < 0.01). KiRA demonstrated moderate correlation with the EMS for tibial acceleration (r = 0.54; p < 0.01), while poor correlation was observed between iPad and the EMS for the translation (r = 0.28; p < 0.01). The ROC curve analysis demonstrated better accuracy for the detection of ACL insufficiency in the EMS than KiRA and iPad for tibial acceleration and translation, respectively.

Conclusions

Although all three measurements were similarly capable of detecting ACL deficiency, the EMS has the advantage of comprehensive evaluation of the pivot-shift test by evaluating both tibial acceleration and translation with higher accuracy than those of KiRA and iPad. It could be suggested that any of those measurement tools might improve the clinical diagnosis of ACL insufficiency.

Level of evidence

Diagnostic study of consecutive patients with a universally applied gold standard, Level Ib.
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Metadata
Title
The diagnostic reliability of the quantitative pivot-shift evaluation using an electromagnetic measurement system for anterior cruciate ligament deficiency was superior to those of the accelerometer and iPad image analysis
Authors
Toshikazu Tanaka
Yuichi Hoshino
Nobuaki Miyaji
Kazuyuki Ibaragi
Kyohei Nishida
Yuichiro Nishizawa
Daisuke Araki
Noriyuki Kanzaki
Takehiko Matsushita
Ryosuke Kuroda
Publication date
01-09-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 9/2018
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-017-4734-0

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