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Acute rotational trauma to the knee: poor agreement between clinical assessment and magnetic resonance imaging findings.

Frobell, Richard LU ; Lohmander, Stefan LU orcid and Roos, Harald LU (2007) In Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 17(2). p.109-114
Abstract
To determine the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in the general population; the pathology associated with a knee sprain verified by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); and the agreement between clinical findings and MRI.Materials and methods: Inclusion criterion was an acute rotational trauma to the knee associated with effusion. One hundred and fifty-nine consecutive patients, mean age 27 years and 36% women, were included after clinical assessment at the orthopedic emergency unit. Patients were referred to an MRI examination (1.0 or 1.5 T) performed within a median of 8 days of the initial visit.Results: The annual incidence of MRI verified ACL injuries was 0.81/1000 inhabitants aged 10-64 years. Fifty-six percent... (More)
To determine the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in the general population; the pathology associated with a knee sprain verified by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); and the agreement between clinical findings and MRI.Materials and methods: Inclusion criterion was an acute rotational trauma to the knee associated with effusion. One hundred and fifty-nine consecutive patients, mean age 27 years and 36% women, were included after clinical assessment at the orthopedic emergency unit. Patients were referred to an MRI examination (1.0 or 1.5 T) performed within a median of 8 days of the initial visit.Results: The annual incidence of MRI verified ACL injuries was 0.81/1000 inhabitants aged 10-64 years. Fifty-six percent (n=89) of those included had sustained an ACL injury of whom 38% had an associated medial meniscus tear. There was a poor agreement between initial clinical antero-posterior laxity and MRI verified presence of an ACL tear (kappa 0.281). Every second patellar dislocation was diagnosed as a ligament injury. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that the incidence of ACL injuries is higher than previously described. We also show that the first clinical examination after an acute knee trauma has a low diagnostic value. Further assessment with MRI improves the chances of a correct diagnosis of intraarticular pathology and is recommended in the early phase after a rotational knee trauma. (Less)
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knee joint, humans, adult, magnetic resonance imaging, prospective studies, clinical trial, anterior cruciate ligament, adolescent
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Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
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17
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2
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109 - 114
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1600-0838
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10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00559.x
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English
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  author       = {{Frobell, Richard and Lohmander, Stefan and Roos, Harald}},
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  keywords     = {{knee joint; humans; adult; magnetic resonance imaging; prospective studies; clinical trial; anterior cruciate ligament; adolescent}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{109--114}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports}},
  title        = {{Acute rotational trauma to the knee: poor agreement between clinical assessment and magnetic resonance imaging findings.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4448143/1057219.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00559.x}},
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