ANALYSIS OF KNEE KINEMATICS- An MRI study of the normal, anterior cruciate injured, and reconstructed knee.

Funded Activity Summary

People with anterior cruciate ligament damage to the knee tend to develop osteoarthritis in this knee, perhaps because the instability produced by the ligament tear changes the patterns of wear on the joint surfaces. There are several studies using cadaver knees which examine the impact on the joint surfaces of cutting the anterior cruciate ligament, but very little of people moving voluntarily. This study plans to use MRI images of people with a torn cruciate ligament in one knee, and one normal knee. The subjects will simulate a squat inside the MRI magnet against a weighted footplate. The images will be taken at fifteen degree intervals of knee movement. The contact points between the joint surfaces will be measured and compared to the normal knee. This imaging will be repeated after surgical repair, and then again two years later, to assess whether the normal movement pattern has been restored.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 01-01-2004

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $161,320.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Orthopaedics

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Other Keywords

Anterior Cruciate Knee ligament injury | Anterior Cruciate ligament reconstruction | Development of osteoarthritis | Health outcomes post surgery | Restoration of Biomechanics post trauma | biomechanics | ligament | magnetic resonance imaging | orthopaedic surgery | sports injury

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