PCL insufficient patients with increased translational and rotational passive knee joint laxity have no increased range of anterior-posterior and rotational tibiofemoral motion during level walking.

ABSTRACT: Passive translational tibiofemoral laxity has been extensively examined in posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) insufficient patients and belongs to the standard clinical assessment. However, objective measurements of passive rotational knee laxity, as well as range of tibiofemoral motion during active movements, are both not well understood. None of these are currently quantified in clinical evaluations of patients with PCL insufficiency. The objective of this study was to quantify passive translational and rotational knee laxity as well as range of anterior-posterior and rotational tibiofemoral motion during level walking in a PCL insufficient patient cohort as a basis for any later clinical evaluation and therapy. The laxity of 9 patient knees with isolated PCL insufficiency or additionall

SUBMITTER: Oehme S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9345965 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature