In acute knee injuries with swelling and hemahrosis with muscle spasm, which of the following tests in most sensitive to detect anterior cruciate ligament injury?
High-Yield Explanation
The Lachman test is the most sensitive and specific clinical test for anterior cruciate ligament injury. It is especially useful because it can be performed even in an acutely painful knee when the knee is painful and swollen. Ref: Campbell's Operative Ohopaedics, 11th Edition, Page 2440; Rockwood and Green's Fractures in Adult, 5th Edition, Pages 1902-3; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review, Sara J. Cuccurullo, 2nd Edition, Chapter 4, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Page 240