management of locked knee

Management Options

NHx

 

Natural History of ACL deficient knee is variable

- functional instability 15% - 90%

- progression to OA is variable

 

Depends on level of patient demands / activity

 

1.  Late meniscal injury in ACL deficient knee

 

15-25%

 

2.  Function

 

Daniels Am J Sports Med 1994

- 292 ACL defecients knees