title: Variations in the examination of the medial collateral ligament of the knee.
abstract: Five male patients with resolving moderately severe media collateral ligament injuries of the knee and five uninjured males were examined for knee ligament laxity by three examiners. The examiners were unaware of the identity of the subjects. The examiners had good intra-observer repeatibility, but there was poor agreement between examiners. There was no clinically identifiable difference in laxity between uninjured and previously injured knees in this series.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lavalette
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kristiansen