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New parameters describing how knee ligaments carry force in situ predict interspecimen variations in laxity during simulated clinical exams.
Journal of Biomechanics 2017 November 8
Knee laxity, defined as the net translation or rotation of the tibia relative to the femur in a given direction in response to an applied load, is highly variable from person to person. High levels of knee laxity as assessed during routine clinical exams are associated with first-time ligament injury and graft reinjury following reconstruction. During laxity exams, ligaments carry force to resist the applied load; however, relationships between intersubject variations in knee laxity and variations in how ligaments carry force as the knee moves through its passive envelope of motion, which we refer to as ligament engagement, are not well established. Thus, the objectives of this study were, first, to define parameters describing ligament engagement and, then, to link variations in ligament engagement and variations in laxity across a group of knees. We used a robotic manipulator in a cadaveric knee model (n=20) to quantify how important knee stabilizers, namely the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments (ACL and PCL, respectively), as well as the medial collateral ligament (MCL) engage during respective tests of anterior, posterior, and valgus laxity. Ligament engagement was quantified using three parameters: (1) in situ slack, defined as the relative tibiofemoral motion from the neutral position of the joint to the position where the ligament began to carry force; (2) in situ stiffness, defined as the slope of the linear portion of the ligament force-tibial motion response; and (3) ligament force at the peak applied load. Knee laxity was related to parameters of ligament engagement using univariate and multivariate regression models. Variations in the in situ slack of the ACL and PCL predicted anterior and posterior laxity, while variations in both in situ slack and in situ stiffness of the MCL predicted valgus laxity. Parameters of ligament engagement may be useful to further characterize the in situ biomechanical function of ligaments and ligament grafts.
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