Clinical diagnosis of partial or complete anterior cruciate ligament tears using patients' history elements and physical examination tests.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic validity of clusters combining history elements and physical examination tests to diagnose partial or complete anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears. DESIGN:Prospective diagnostic study. SETTINGS:Orthopaedic clinics (n = 2), family medicine clinics (n = 2) and community-dwelling. PARTICIPANTS:Consecutive patients with a knee complaint (n = 279) and consulting one of the participating orthopaedic surgeons (n = 3) or sport medicine physicians (n = 2). INTERVENTIONS:Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:History elements and physical examination tests performed independently were compared to the reference standard: an expert physicians' composite diagnosis including history elements, physical tests and confirmatory magnetic resonance imaging. Penalized logis

SUBMITTER: Decary S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5997333 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature