RT Journal
A1 LaPrade, Robert F.
T1 The Reproducibility and Repeatability of Varus Stress Radiographs in the Assessment of Isolated Fibular Collateral Ligament and Grade-III Posterolateral Knee Injuries
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD February 1
VO 91
IS 2
SP 485
OP 486
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
In terms of their questions about the use of cadaveric knees, it can be said with certainty that almost all biomechanical testing is performed on specimens from older donors. However, we have been performing this technique in our clinic for over ten years, during which time thousands of varus stress radiographs have been generated. We can state that the amount of gapping seen in the intact state in the cadaver knees in our study is effectively what we see clinically in the contralateral, normal knee in patients. In addition, other cadaver studies, most recently on posterior knee stress radiographic techniques, have validated that the results of stress radiography in cadavers1 are similar to what is seen in the human clinical situation2.