MRI is not reliable in diagnosing of concomitant anterolateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament injuries of the knee

• Published in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 1345 - 1351
• Main Authors: Devitt, Brian M., O’Sullivan, Richard, Feller, Julian A., Lash, Nicholas, Porter, Tabitha J., Webster, Kate E., Whitehead, Timothy S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries - complications; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries - diagnostic imaging; Case-Control Studies; Diagnosis; Female; Femur; Femur - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Identification methods; Injuries; Knee; Knee Injuries - complications; Knee Injuries - diagnostic imaging; Ligaments; Ligaments, Articular - injuries; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Menisci, Tibial - diagnostic imaging; Meniscus; Middle Aged; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Orthopedics; Patients; Prospective Studies; Reliability; Reproducibility of Results; Rupture; Rupture - diagnostic imaging; Rupturing; Stability; Tibia - diagnostic imaging; Young Adult; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Injury; Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterolateral ligament

Purpose There has been a renewed interest in the anterolateral structures of the knee, including description of the anterolateral ligament (ALL) as a distinct structure. Recognizing injury to the ALL is challenging, particularly given the subjective nature of physical examination. Consequently, focu...