title: Review article: Validity of the KT-1000 knee ligament arthrometer.
abstract: The KT-1000 knee arthrometer (KT-1000) is an objective instrument to measure anterior tibial motion relative to the femur for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Four studies between 1950 and 2007 regarding validity of the KT-1000 were identified using a Medline search. One had interpretable information on sensitivities, specificities, and predictive values to validate the instrument as a diagnostic tool in patients with acute or chronic ACL injuries. Three had limitations in methodology. We suggest that the KT-1000 should be used with caution as an objective instrument. Rather, using a KT-1000 score derived by subtracting the anterior tibial motion relative to the femur of the injured knee to that of the uninjured knee may be more appropriate as a dichotomous diagnostic test with a threshold of 2 or 3 mm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arneja
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leith
mesh_terms: D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D053587:Arthrometry, Articular / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results