Sports Flashcards
Associated ACL injury?
Lateral meniscus tear 50%
Reasons why women > men for ACL tear?
- neuromuscular forces and control (more quadriceps dominant)
- landing biomechanics (conditioning and strength) play biggest role, females land in more extension, higher vaglus moment
- smaller notches
- smaller ligaments
- hormone levels
- valgus leg alignment
ACL function?
- 85% of the stability to prevent anterior translation of the tibia relative to the femur
- acts as secondary restraint to tibial rotation and varus/valgus rotation
ACL anatomy?
- 33mm x 11mm in size
- anteromedial bundle
more isometric
tight in flexion - posterolateral bundle
tight in extension (contributes greatest to rotational stability)
ACL blood supply?
middle geniculate artery
ACL nerve supply?
posterior articular nerve (branch of tibial nerve)
ACL composition?
- 90% Type I collagen
- 10% Type III collagen
ACL strength?
2200 N
ACL tear grading?
- A= firm endpoint
- B= no endpoint
- Grade 1: < 5 mm translation
- Grade 2 A/B: 5-10mm translation
- Grade 3 A/B: > 10mm translation
Pivot Shift test?
ACL integrity
- Extension to flexion with internal rotation and valgus
- Reduces at 20-30 degrees of flexion
KT-1000?
For ACL anterior laxity
- knee in slight flexion
- ext rotation 10-30 deg
Segond fracture?
Pathognomonic for ACL tear
MRI bruising for ACL tear?
- Middle 1/3 lateral femoral condyle
- Posterior 1/3 lateral tibial plateau
Non-op tx of ACL tear?
- low demand patients with decresed laxity
Who gets operative tx for ACL tear?
- young active pts
- older active pts
- children
- previous ACL reconstruction pts
What if ACL tear with MCL injury?
- allow MCL to heal first (varus/valgus instability can put reconstruction at risk)
What if meniscal tear with ACL tear?
- repair meniscus at time of ACL recon
- shows increased healing rates if repaired at same time
What if PLC tear with ACL tear?
- repair at same time
- or repair PLC as first of two stages
Femoral tunnel placement in ACL recon?
- 1-2 mm of bone posterior to tunnel
- too anterior = tight in flexion, loose in extension
- too posterior loose in flexion, tight in extension
Tibial tunnel placement in ACL recon?
- 10-11 mm in front of anterior edge of PCL
- <75 deg from horizontal
- too anterior = tight in flexion and extension impingement
- too posterior = ACL impinge on PCL
ACL graft preconditioning?
- reduces stress relaxation up to 50%
ACL graft tensioning?
- no difference in level I study
Limb malalignment in ACL repair?
- high tibial osteotomy to address coronal and saggital plane defects prior to recon
B-P-B ACL graft?
- gold standard
- 2600 N load to failure
- higher incidence of knee pain (10-30%)
- cons = patella fx and patella tendon rupture
Hamstring autograft for ACL tear?
- quadrupal strand
- 4000 N load to failure
- decreased fixation strength
- decreased flexion strength at 3yrs compared to BPB
- harvest can damage inferior saphenous nerve
Allograft for ACL tears?
- longer incorporation time
- HIV risk < 1/1 million
- radiation 3 Mrads to kill HIV
- freezing kills cell, doesn’t harm graft
Revision ACL reconstruction?
- don’t reharvest BPB
- use dual fixation
- conservative rehab
Rehab in ACL tear?
- immediate ice and weight bearing
- early full passive extension
- isometric hamstring/quad exercises
- active knee flexion 35-90 deg
- closed chain exercises
- avoid isokinetic quad strengthening and open chain
ACL injury prevention in females?
- neuromuscular training/plyometrics
- when landing, less valgus and more flexion
- increase hamstring strength over quads
ACL bracing?
Only proven effective in skiers
Most common cause of ACL recon failure?
- poor tunnel placement
ACL femoral tunnel too vertical?
- poor rotational stability and + pivot shift
ACL graft screw divergence > 30 deg?
- can cause inadequate fixation/failure
Cyclops lesion in ACL recon?
- fibroproliferative tissue blocks extension
- “click” heard at terminal extension
ACL recon infxn?
- pain/swelling/erythema/elevated WBC 2-24 days postop
- immediate I&D
- serial I&Ds and 6 wks abx to try to retain graft
Facts about exertional compartment syndrome?
- anterior compartment 70%
- ant/lat compartments 10%
- males>females
- 3rd decade