Introduction: In our everyday life human body is being constantly exposed to physical stress, but it has only limited endurance capacity. When this is exceeded, damage to the body occurs. The knee is most susceptible part of human body to the trauma. To identify injury to the anterior cruciate ligament, we can perform several manual clinical tests. The performance of an appropriate test depends on its statistical measures. Sensitivity is of those; it tells us the proportion of injuries that are correctly identified as such. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to compare the sensitivity of Lachman test and Pivot Shift test for identifying injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament in awake subjects and in anaesthetized subjects. We also want to review current literature in other to identify other factors that might affect sensitivity of above mentioned manual clinical tests. Methods: The thesis is conceived as a review of current literature, accessible through COBISS OPAC of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Online sources have been searched through the databases of BioMed Central, Cinahl, Coohrane Library, MEDLINE, MedScape, PEDro, PubMed, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, and through online search engines ikoma DiKUL and Google Scholar. The search was limited to the Slovenian and English language, and to the time frame from 2012 to 2016. Results: Among reviewed literature, fifteen articles fit selected search criteria. According to the form of these contributions they included experimental studies, descriptive studies, analytical research, prospective and retrospective studies, review articles and meta-analysis. Eleven of these articles discussed sensitivity of both Lachman and Pivot Shift tests, three only Lachman test, one article only Pivot Shift test. Four articles dealt with sensitivity measured in awake and anaesthetized subjects, eight only in awake subjects and three articles of only anaesthetized subjects. In the selected contributions, subjects were aged from 12 to 70 years. Number of participants was from 60 to 2502 with uneven distribution of demographic data ‒ female patients represented only from 17,4 % to 37,4 % of all included subjects. Sensitivity of Lachman test in awake 55 % to 94 % and anaesthetized participants ranges from 89 % to 100 %, in Pivot Shift test from 24 % to 79% in awake and from 73 % to 100 % in anaesthetized participants. Discussion and conclusions: The thesis demonstrates that upon reviewed results Lachman test has a higher sensibility that Pivot Shift test. Sensitivity is higher among anaesthetized participants for both of tests.
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