Table 3 Main characteristics of included studies
From: Evaluating the diagnostic pathway for acute ACL injuries in trauma centres: a systematic review
Author (Date) | Article title | Journal | Aims | Participants | Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ball et al (2010) [12] | The impact of an Acute Knee Clinic | Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | Evaluate the impact of an acute knee clinic on diagnosis and treatment for acute knee injures | 100 | Design: • Prospective study • Consecutive sampling Methods: • Audit or timeframes and assessment process |
Clifford et al (2021) [9] | Acute knee clinics are effective in reducing delay to diagnosis following anterior cruciate ligament injury | Knee | Investigate the impact of an acute knee clinic compared to the standard A&E pathway | 61 (that matched the inclusion criteria) | Design: • Prospective study • Consecutive sampling Methods: • Physical examination • Imaging • Arthroscopy |
Hardy et al (2017) [3] | The use of history to identify anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the acute trauma setting: the ‘LIMP index’ | Emergency Medicine Journal 2017 | To investigate what clinical history features indicate ACL injuries | 194 (163 available) | Design: • Prospective study • Consecutive sampling Methods: • Survey • Questionnaire • Physical examination • Imaging |
Lee and Yun (2019) [17] | Feasibility of point-of-care knee ultrasonography for diagnosing anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate ligament tears in the ED | American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019 | To evaluate the use of ultrasound compared to MRI to diagnose ACL injury | 62 | Design: • Prospective study • Consecutive sampling Methods: • Physical examination • Imaging |
Parwaiz et al (2016) [6] | Anterior cruciate ligament injury: A persistently difficult diagnosis | Knee | To investigate if there has been an improvement in ACL diagnosis over the last 20 years | 160 | Design: • Retrospective design • Consecutive sampling Methods: • Retrospective data extraction |
Wang et al (2016) [7] | Efficacy of knee joint aspiration in patients with acute ACL injury in the emergency department | Injury 2016 | To evaluate the impact of joint aspiration on the sensitivity of joint laxity tests on patients with ACL injuries through the emergency department | 60 | Design: • Retrospective design • Consecutive sampling Methods: • Retrospective data extraction • Physical examination • Imaging |