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Pivot Shift Test Wheeless

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Description: - pivot shift assesses degree of incapacitating dysfunction in knee with ACL deficiency and secondary restraint deficiency;
- pivot-shift test reproduces event that occurs when knee gives way becuase of loss of ACL;
- there is a forward subluxation of tibia during sudden change in direction;
- test may also be used to judge the success of ACL reconstruction;
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
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