Published in:
01-04-2012 | Editorial
Rotatory knee laxity and the pivot shift
Authors:
Volker Musahl, Yuichi Hoshino, Roland Becker, Jon Karlsson
Published in:
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
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Issue 4/2012
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Excerpt
Ejnar Eriksson, in a KSSTA editorial almost 10 years ago, wrote, “I do not think that we yet know enough about how to reconstruct the ACL ideally” [
2]. He suggested we should continue with our research efforts. We did. In the following 10 years, the research data in terms of ACL research have more than doubled (Medline search). Rotatory knee laxity is a particularly interesting topic and remains frequently researched. Yet, it is vexing to us that although we have such passion for ACL research, we still don’t fully understand the factors that guarantee adequate restoration of rotatory knee laxity following an ACL injury. …