title: Altered knee laxity pattern as a predisposing factor to injury of the medial meniscus.
abstract: Knee laxity was assessed by stress radiography in both knees in 17 patients with unilateral medial meniscectomy and 14 subjects with no history of knee trauma. The antero-posterior laxity in the medial and lateral knee joint chamber were measured separately. We found a relatively greater increase in laxity in the medial chamber of both knees in the meniscecto mized patients compared to the control group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stürup
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Iversen