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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Published in: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 1/2009

Open Access 01-12-2009 | Review

Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury: Clinical and biomechanical approaches

Authors: Mak-Ham Lam, Daniel TP Fong, Patrick SH Yung, Eric PY Ho, Wood-Yee Chan, Kai-Ming Chan

Published in: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation | Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is common in knee joint accounting for 40% of sports injury. ACL injury leads to knee instability, therefore, understanding knee stability assessments would be useful for diagnosis of ACL injury, comparison between operation treatments and establishing return-to-sport standard. This article firstly introduces a management model for ACL injury and the contribution of knee stability assessment to the corresponding stages of the model. Secondly, standard clinical examination, intra-operative stability measurement and motion analysis for functional assessment are reviewed. Orthopaedic surgeons and scientists with related background are encouraged to understand knee biomechanics and stability assessment for ACL injury patients.
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Metadata
Title
Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury: Clinical and biomechanical approaches
Authors
Mak-Ham Lam
Daniel TP Fong
Patrick SH Yung
Eric PY Ho
Wood-Yee Chan
Kai-Ming Chan
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation / Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 2052-1847
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2555-1-20

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