Reliability and Diagnostic Accuracy of an Alternate Lachman's Test Performed in a Prone Position

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Stability

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01301014

ProneLachman1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is investigating the reliability and diagnostic accuracy of a Lachman's test conducted in a prone position to detect the presence of a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• current knee pain complaint in subjects between 15 and 60 years old

Exclusion criteria

• the inability to assume the prone testing position
• evidence of a fracture by application of the Ottawa Fracture rule
• previous knee joint arthroplasty
• suspicion of posterior cruciate involvement
• knee surgery in the previous six months
• presence of serious underlying non-mechanical pathology
• systemic illness