Clinical value of helfet test in the diagnosis of meniscus injury / 中国矫形外科杂志
Orthopedic Journal of China
; (24)2006.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-546841
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ABSTRACT
[Objective]To study the accuracy of Helfet test in the diagnosis of the knee meniscus tear.[Method]From Apr.2007 to Oct.2007,52 cases of the lateral meniscus tear and 23 cases of the medial meniscus tear were checked-up with Helfet test,McMurray test ,KS test,and arthroscope comparatively.[Result]The Helfet Test was positive in most of the lateral meniscus tear cases.The consistency with McMurray test and arthroscope was lateral meniscus tear,especially to bucket-handle and Horizontal tear high respectively.The rate of accuracy to lateral menicus was 81.4%.The rate of accuracy to bucket-handle and Horizontal tear were 89.6% and 87.2% respectively.[Conclusion]The "Helfet" test is sensitive to the knee lateral meniscus tear.It is fast,simple,reliable,reproducible,positive for diagnose of lateral meniscus tear,and is worth of being used widely.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Orthopedic Journal of China
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article