SynthesisSkeletal radiology2019
Efficiency of knee ultrasound for diagnosing anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in assessing anterior cruciate ligament tears: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Skeletal radiology · 2025Pooled it
- Comparing clinical and functional outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using sonoelastografi.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2025Article
- Dynamic ultrasound assessment of knee displacement in healthy adolescent female soccer players: description and reliability.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy and Reliability of Dynamic Handheld Ultrasound Testing in Detecting Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears: A Cadaveric Study.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2025Article
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Evaluation and Management of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- MSK Ultrasound - An IJSPT Perspective.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
- Dynamic Ultrasound Assessment of the Anterior Tibial Translation for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears Diagnostic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) detects increased vascularity of the torn anterior cruciate ligament.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Dynamic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute anterior cruciate ligament injury - a case report.Journal of ultrasonography · 2021Article
- Techniques for In Vivo Measurement of Ligament and Tendon Strain: A Review.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2021Review
- Point-of-care ultrasound in primary care: a systematic review of generalist performed point-of-care ultrasound in unselected populations.The ultrasound journal · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the diagnostic performance of knee ultrasound for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries. MATERIALS AND
methodsPubMed and EMBASE databases were searched for diagnostic accuracy studies that used ultrasound for diagnosing ACL and PCL injuries. Bivariate and hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic modeling was used to evaluate diagnostic performance. Subgroup analysis was performed by assessing studies conducted using the ultrasound technique (functional ultrasound versus conventional ultrasound) for diagnosing ACL injury. We performed meta-regression analyses for a potential source of heterogeneity.
resultsEleven (938 ultrasound/878 patients) and six articles (281 ultrasound/237 patients) were included for ACL and PCL injuries respectively. The summary sensitivity, summary specificity, and area under the hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic for ACL and PCL injuries were 0.88 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.81-0.93) and 0.99 (95% CI, 0.49-1.00), 0.96 (95% CI, 0.91-0.98) and 0.99 (95% CI, 0.73-1.00), and 0.97 (95% CI, 0.96-0.98) and 1.00 (95% CI, 0.99-1.00) respectively. In subgroup analysis, there was no significant difference between sensitivity (p = 0.63) and specificity (p = 0.72) of functional and conventional ultrasound. Among the various potential covariates, patient enrollment, patient position, and ultrasound performer were associated with heterogeneity in terms of sensitivity, and proportion of the ACL injury was associated with heterogeneity in terms of specificity.
conclusionKnee ultrasound demonstrates high diagnostic performance for ACL and PCL injuries, particularly when performed by experienced musculoskeletal radiologists. Future prospective studies to compare the cost- and time-effectiveness between ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging and to determine the optimal ultrasound parameters are warranted.
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