Research Article
Use of a Computed Tomography Based Approach to Validate Noninvasive Devices to Measure Rotational Knee Laxity
Table 1
Data achieved by CT scanner on female volunteers (FVs) and male volunteers (MVs).
| Torque (Nm) | Rest | External (°) | Internal (°) | 0 | −5 | −10 | −15 | +5 | +10 | +15 |
| FV1 | | | | | | | | APF | 2 | 3 | | | 7 | 7 | 15 | APT | −7 | −26 | | | 2 | 5 | 17 | RPTF | −9 | −29 | | | −5 | −2 | 2 | FV2 | | | | | | | | APF | −7 | −11 | −17 | −23 | −8 | | | APT | −18 | −42 | −50 | −56 | −8 | | | RPTF | −11 | −31 | −33 | −33 | 0 | | | FV3 | | | | | | | | APF | −3 | | −7 | −12 | | 5 | 9 | APT | −7 | | −33 | −42 | | 8 | 12 | RPTF | −4 | | −26 | −30 | | 3 | 3 | MV1 | | | | | | | | APF | −7 | −7 | | | −5 | −3 | 1.5 | APT | −16 | −25 | | | −10 | −5 | −1.5 | RPTF | −9 | −18 | | | −5 | −2 | −3 | MV2 | | | | | | | | APF | −1 | −2 | −6 | −11 | 3 | | | APT | −9 | −32 | −40 | −46 | 1 | | | RPTF | −8 | −30 | −34 | −35 | −2 | | | MV3 | | | | | | | | APF | −9 | | −15 | −21 | | −2 | −1 | APT | −25 | | −51 | −60 | | 5 | 8 | RPTF | −16 | | −36 | −39 | | 7 | 9 |
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APF: Absolute Position of the Femur; APT: Absolute Position of the Tibia; RPTF: Relative Position of the Tibia with respect to the Femur.
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