The criterion standard for diagnosis is arthroscopic surgery. MRI is often used as a surrogate because, despite high cost and imperfect accuracy, MRI is not invasive. Detection of meniscus tears by history and physical examination would be ideal due to very low expense. Unfortunately, there is ...
Thessaly testUltrasonographyObjective The Thessaly test is a commonly used orthopedic test for meniscus tear evaluation. The study's objective is to evaluate the degree of medial meniscal extrusion during different loading phases of the Thessaly test. MethodsA convenience sample of 60 healthy knees (...
The criterion standard for diagnosis is arthroscopic surgery. MRI is often used as a surrogate because, despite high cost and imperfect accuracy, MRI is not invasive. Detection of meniscus tears by history and physical examination would be ideal due to very low …Eric...