Motion loss after ligament injuries to the knee - Part II: Prevention and treatment

This is the second part of a two-part review on motion problems after ligam ent injuries to the knee. The first part, published in the September/Octobe r 2001 issue, discussed normal and abnormal knee motion, terminology, risk factors, and pathoanatomy. The purpose of this article is to review current concepts on prevention and treatment of motion problems, summarizing the r ecent and pertinent studies that discuss this complicated clinical problem. The first part of this article will discuss the different classification s chemes that have been published on motion loss of the knee. Prevention stra tegies will be discussed next, followed by early recognition. Finally, a di scussion of the various treatment options and published results will be pre sented in detail, together with the authors' nine-step systematic surgical approach to the stiff knee.