Contents
I. DEDICATION
II. PREFACE
III. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IV. CONTENTS
SECTION 1: STRUCTURE
1 Anatomy Robert T. Burks and Mark G. Luker
2 The Knee as a Biologic Transmission Scott F. Dye
3 Ligament Biochemistry and Physiology Monti Khatod and David
Amiel
4 Effects of Anatomic and Developmental Variation on Evaluation
and Treatment of Knee Conditions Glenn C. Terry and Stephanie
Silberberg
SECTION 2: FUNCTION
5 Mobility of the Knee John O’Connor, Jennifer Feikes, Richie
Gill, and Amy Zavatsky
6 Ligament Cutting Studies: Methodology Eric C. McCarty,
Clemente Ibarra, Peter A. Torzilli, and and Results Russell F.
Warren
7 Ligament Mechanics: Structural Behavior and Material
Properties of Normal and Injured Ligaments Nigel G. Shrive, Gail
M. Thornton, David A. Hart, and Cyril B. Frank
8 Articular Cartilage its Exacting Characteristics: The
Benchmark for all Attempts to Achieve Articular Cartilage
Regeneration or Repair Wayne H. Akeson
9 Joint Mechanoreceptors and Knee Function Tom Hogervorst,
Richard A. Brand
10 Stability of the Knee John O’Connor, Amy Zavatsky, and
Richie Gill
11 Ligment Injury and Repair Monti Khatod, Wayne H. Akeson, and
David Amiel
12 Cell Adhesion and the Signaling Biology of Ligament Healing K-
L. Paul Sung, Wayne H. Akeson, and Adam H. Hsieh
13 Arthrofibrosis the Mechanism of Proliferative Scar Production
and Potential Therapeutic Remedies to Modulate the Healing
Response Wayne H. Akeson
14 Cartilage Therapies: Chondrocyte Constance R. Chu
Transplantation, Osteochondral Allografts and Autografts
15 Meniscus Injury and Repair Albert Tsai and Robert A. Pedowitz
16 Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis Richard L.Lieber
17 In-Vivo Measurement of ACL and ACL Graft Strain Braden C.
Fleming, Bruce D. Beynnon, Per A. Renstrom, and Robert J. Johnson
SECTION 3: INJURY AND REPAIR: CLINICAL
18 Epidemiology of Knee Ligament Injury William Ohara, Liz W.
Paxton, and Donald C. Fithian
19 Diagnosis of Ligament Injury:
Part A: History and Physical ExamWilliam F. Luetzow
Part B: Imaging Paul N. Grooff, Jean P. Schils, and Donald L.
Resnick
Part C: Instrumented Laxity Studies Donald C. Fithian, Mary Lou
Stone, and Mark D. Shaieb
20 The Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficient Knee: Natural
History and the Effects of Non-Surgical Treatment Donald C.
Fithian David H. Goltz, and T. Tadashi Funahashi
21 Principles of Surgery:
Part A: Graft Choices and the Biology of Graft Healing Choll W.
Kim and Robert A. Pedowitz
Part B: Anatomic Placement and Fixation John W. Miles
Part C: ACL Reconstruction: Techniques Past and Present Peter D.
Laimins and Scott E. Powell
22 Rehabilitation after Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction K. Donald Shelbourne and Thomas E. Klootwyk
23 Treatment of Specific Injuries:
Part A: Collateral Ligament Injuries T. Tadashi Funahashi, Diane
C. Hillard-Sembell, and Donald C. Fithian
Part B: Isolated and Combined PCL and Posterolateral Corner
Injuries: Evaluation and Management Christopher C. Annunziata,
J. Robert Giffin, and Christopher D. Harne
Part C: Evaluation and Treatment of the Multiple Ligament
Injured Knee Christopher C. Annunziata, J. Robert Giffin, and
Christopher D. Harner
24 Clinical Outcome Studies for Knee Ligament Injuries Marc F.
Swiontkowski and Elizabeth A. Arendt
25 Outcomes Following ACL Surgery Edmond P. Young and Donald C.
Fithian
SECTION 4: SPECIAL CLINICAL ISSUES
26 Surgical Decisions and Treatment Alternatives: Meniscal
Tears, Malalignment, Acute Chondral Injury and Chronic Arthrosis
James P. Tasto, Steven Tradonsky, Brad S. Cohen, and Timothy J.
Hunt
27 Ligament Injuries in Children and Adolescents Henry G. hambers
28 Complications of Knee Ligament Surgery Raymond A. Sachs, Alan
M. R