Takeo Tokura, Kanto Nagai, Yuichi Hoshino, Shu Watanabe, Noriyuki Kanzaki, Kyohei Nishida, Takehiko Matsushita, Ryosuke Kuroda
BACKGROUND: To assess the incidence of anterolateral ligament (ALL) and Kaplan fiber of the iliotibial band (KF) injuries in patients with acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to investigate the association between these injuries and the magnitude of preoperative pivot-shift test. METHOD: One-hundred and five patients with primary ACL injury were retrospectively reviewed. ALL injury and KF injury were assessed by preoperative MRI, and subjects were allocated into four groups: Group A, neither injury; Group B, only ALL injury; Group C, only KF injury; Group D, simultaneous ALL and KF injuries...
April 2024: Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology