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Knee Kinematics During Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury as Determined From Bone Bruise Location.

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Kim, SY; Spritzer, CE; Utturkar, GM; Toth, AP; Garrett, WE; DeFrate, LE
Published in: Am J Sports Med
October 2015

BACKGROUND: The motions causing noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury remain unclear. Tibiofemoral bone bruises are believed to be the result of joint impact near the time of ACL rupture. The locations and frequencies of these bone bruises have been reported, but there are limited data quantifying knee position and orientation near the time of injury based on these contusions. HYPOTHESIS: Knee position and orientation near the time of noncontact ACL injury include extension and anterior tibial translation. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive laboratory study. METHODS: Magnetic resonance images of 8 subjects with noncontact ACL injuries were acquired within 1 month of injury and were subsequently analyzed. All subjects exhibited bruises on both the femur and tibia in both medial and lateral compartments. The outer margins of bone and the bone bruise surfaces were outlined on each image to create a 3-dimensional model of each subject's knee in its position during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI position). Numerical optimization was used to maximize overlap of the bone bruises on the femur and tibia and to predict the position of injury. Flexion angle, valgus orientation, internal tibial rotation, and anterior tibial translation were measured in both the MRI position and the predicted position of injury. Differences in kinematics between the MRI position, which served as an unloaded reference, and the predicted position of injury were compared by use of paired t tests. RESULTS: Flexion angle was near full extension in both the MRI position and the predicted position of injury (8° vs 12°; P = .2). Statistically significant increases in valgus orientation (5°; P = .003), internal tibial rotation (15°; P = .003), and anterior tibial translation (22 mm; P < .001) were observed in the predicted position of injury relative to the MRI position. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that for the bone bruise pattern studied, landing on an extended knee is a high risk for ACL injury. Extension was accompanied by increased anterior tibial translation (22 mm), internal tibial rotation (15°), and valgus rotation (5°) in the predicted position of injury relative to the MRI position. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This study provides novel data characterizing the motions associated with ACL injury, information critical to improving strategies aimed at injury prevention.

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Am J Sports Med

DOI

EISSN

1552-3365

Publication Date

October 2015

Volume

43

Issue

10

Start / End Page

2515 / 2521

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Orthopedics
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Knee Joint
  • Knee Injuries
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cartilage, Articular
 

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Kim, S. Y., Spritzer, C. E., Utturkar, G. M., Toth, A. P., Garrett, W. E., & DeFrate, L. E. (2015). Knee Kinematics During Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury as Determined From Bone Bruise Location. Am J Sports Med, 43(10), 2515–2521. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546515594446
Kim, Sophia Y., Charles E. Spritzer, Gangadhar M. Utturkar, Alison P. Toth, William E. Garrett, and Louis E. DeFrate. “Knee Kinematics During Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury as Determined From Bone Bruise Location.Am J Sports Med 43, no. 10 (October 2015): 2515–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546515594446.
Kim SY, Spritzer CE, Utturkar GM, Toth AP, Garrett WE, DeFrate LE. Knee Kinematics During Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury as Determined From Bone Bruise Location. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Oct;43(10):2515–21.
Kim, Sophia Y., et al. “Knee Kinematics During Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury as Determined From Bone Bruise Location.Am J Sports Med, vol. 43, no. 10, Oct. 2015, pp. 2515–21. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/0363546515594446.
Kim SY, Spritzer CE, Utturkar GM, Toth AP, Garrett WE, DeFrate LE. Knee Kinematics During Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury as Determined From Bone Bruise Location. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Oct;43(10):2515–2521.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Sports Med

DOI

EISSN

1552-3365

Publication Date

October 2015

Volume

43

Issue

10

Start / End Page

2515 / 2521

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Orthopedics
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Knee Joint
  • Knee Injuries
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cartilage, Articular