Table 1.
First author, year | Design | Setting | Participants | Partial and complete ACL tear prevalence % (n) | Complete ACL tear prevalence % (n) | Reference standard(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beldame, 2011 [23] |
Prospective |
University hospital, France. |
*112 patient/knees with an indication for knee arthroscopy. |
37.5% (42) |
28.5% (32) |
Arthroscopy |
Boeree, 1991 [24] |
Prospective |
Orthopaedic clinic, UK. |
203 patient/knees referred from GPs or the A&E. |
29.1% (51) |
nr |
MRI |
Decker, 1988 [33] |
Prospective |
Hospital, Germany. |
†108 patient/knees suspected to have knee ligament injury. |
61.1% (66) |
nr |
Arthroscopy/Surgery |
Harilainen, 1987 [25] |
Unclear |
Emergency department, Finland. |
†350 patient/knees with acute knee injury. |
41.7% (146) |
nr |
Arthroscopy/Arthrotomy |
Katz, 1986 [26] |
Retrospective |
Community hospital, USA. |
85 participant/knees with knee injuries presenting for arthroscopy. |
25.9% (22) |
nr |
Arthroscopy |
Lee, 1988 [27] |
Retrospective |
Orthopaedic department of a hospital, USA. |
79 magnetic resonance studies of the knee were reviewed. |
29.1% (22) |
nr |
MRI |
Lucie, 1984 [28] |
Prospective |
Orthopaedic clinic, USA. |
50 patient/knees with acute traumatic knee haemarthrosis. |
76.0% (38) |
nr |
Arthroscopy/Arthrotomy |
Mulligan, 2011 [29] |
Prospective |
Orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine service, USA. |
*†52 patient/knees with a complaint of knee pain referred from emergency department. |
44.2% (23) |
nr |
Arthroscopy |
Noyes, 1980 [30] |
Prospective |
Orthopaedic/Sports medicine knee clinic, USA. |
*85 injured knees (83 patients) that had traumatic haemarthrosis. |
71.8% (61) |
43.5% (37) |
Arthroscopy |
Richter, 1996 [34] |
Prospective |
Hospital, Germany. |
74 patient/knees with effusion of the knee following trauma. |
78.4% (58) |
64.9% (48) |
Arthroscopy |
Schwartz, 1997 [35] |
Prospective |
Hospital, Germany. |
58 patient/knees with acute knee injury. |
81.0% (47) |
65.5% (38) |
Arthroscopy |
Tonino, 1986 [31] |
Unclear |
Hospital, Netherlands. |
*66 patient/knees with acute symptoms of a ligamentous lesion of the knee after trauma. |
45.5% (30) |
nr |
Arthroscopy |
Wagemakers, 2010 [19] |
Prospective |
GP clinics, Netherlands. |
*134 patient/knees with new knee symptoms. |
20.9% (28) |
12.7% (17) |
MRI |
Wong, 1999 [32] | Prospective | Orthopaedic department of a hospital, Hong Kong. | 91 patient/knees with an acute knee haemarthrosis. | nr | 56.0% (51) | Arthroscopy |
nr: not reported.
*Not all participants evaluated by index test(s).
†Not all participants evaluated by reference standard.