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Joints. 2014 Aug 01;2(3):124-9. doi: 10.11138/jts/2014.2.3.124. eCollection 2014.

Inertial sensors to quantify the pivot shift test in the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injury.

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Stefano Zaffagnini, Nicola Lopomo, Cecilia Signorelli, Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, Tommaso Bonanzinga, Alberto Grassi, Federico Raggi, Andrea Visani, Maurilio Marcacci

Affiliations

  1. Biomechanics and Technological Innovation Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
  2. Biomechanics and Technological Innovation Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy ; Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology (NaBi), Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
  3. Biomechanics and Technological Innovation Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy ; Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 25606555 PMCID: PMC4295682 DOI: 10.11138/jts/2014.2.3.124

Abstract

The main purpose of this article was to describe in detail, from the perspective of the clinical end user, a previously presented non-invasive methodology, applied in the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injury, in which inertial sensors are used to quantify the pivot shift test. The outcomes obtained and relative considerations were compared with findings emerging from a review of the relevant updated literature. The detailed description here provided covers the system, the parameters identified and the testing procedure; it also includes the technical specifications of the hardware, the features introduced in the updated version of the software and the application of the system in clinical practice. The comparison of the technical considerations and clinical results with the updated literature confirmed the system's optimal ergonomics, good reproducibility and clinical reliability. The novel approach here analyzed has been shown to overcome the weaknesses of other available devices and systems. Therefore, since it can be considered a new paradigm in the quantification of pivot shift test, we can recommend its routine use in clinical practice.

Keywords: acceleration; anterior cruciate ligament; knee kinematics; knee stability; pivot shift test; reconstruction

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