Purpose: The purpose of our study was to evaluate thereliabilityof thedialtest by assessing the correlation between the severity of posterolateral corner injuries and the amount of external rotation of the tibia. Methods: Fourteen paired cadaveric legs were fixed into a custom-made isotonic rotation machine with the knee flexed at 30°.
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Consequently, the findings of this study may not be generalisable to relatively inexperienced assessors ordialtests performed in supine, and future studies should investigate thereliabilityof visual estimation of side-to-side difference during thedialtest in these positions.
Purpose: The purpose of our study was to evaluate thereliabilityof thedialtest by assessing the correlation between the severity of posterolateral corner injuries and the amount of external rotation of the tibia. Methods: Fourteen paired cadaveric legs were fixed into a custom-made isotonic rotation machine with the knee flexed at 30°. For group I (7 right knees), the lateral collateral ...
Thedialtest was performed in an outpatient's clinic as part of a routine knee examination. Examination under anaesthetic and intraoperative findings were used as the reference standard test to determine the diagnostic accuracy of thedialtest used alone and in combination with other PCL and medial knee tests.
