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The Lateral Fibular Stress Test: High Variability of Force Applied May Lead to Under-Detection of Syndesmotic Instability

CATEGORY: Ankle INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE: The lateral fibular stress test (LFST), also known as the hook or Cotton test, is commonly performed to assess syndesmotic instability intraoperatively. Several studies have determined that 100 Newtons (N) is the required force applied when performing the LFST t...

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Autores principales: Ingall, Eitan M., Kaiser, Philip, Ashkani-Esfahani, Soheil, Zhao, John Z., Kwon, John Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9660460/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473011421S00703