Healing of acute anterior cruciate ligament rupture on MRI and outcomes following non-surgical management with the Cross Bracing Protocol.
Stephanie Rose FilbayMatthew DowsettMohammad Chaker JomaaJane RooneyRohan SabharwalPhil LucasAndrew Van Den HeeverJames KazaglisJustin MerlinoMick MoranMaggie AllwrightDonald E K KuahRa DurieGreg RogerMervyn CrossTom CrossPublished in: British journal of sports medicine (2023)
After management of acute ACL rupture with the CBP, 90% of patients had evidence of healing on 3-month MRI (continuity of the ACL). More ACL healing on 3-month MRI was associated with better outcomes. Longer-term follow-up and clinical trials are needed to inform clinical practice.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- liver failure
- clinical trial
- anterior cruciate ligament
- clinical practice
- diffusion weighted imaging
- end stage renal disease
- respiratory failure
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- randomized controlled trial
- magnetic resonance
- preterm infants
- prognostic factors
- aortic dissection
- drug induced
- computed tomography
- hepatitis b virus
- type diabetes
- weight loss
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- phase iii
- phase ii