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Lesão do ligamento cruzado anterior

Última revisión: 26 Sep 2025
Última actualización: 19 Aug 2025

Resumen

Definición

Анамнез и осмотр

Ключевые диагностические факторы

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • estalo audível
  • edema/derrame rápido no joelho
  • incapacidade de retornar à atividade esportiva em andamento
  • sensação de instabilidade ou curvatura do joelho
  • dor
  • teste de gaveta anterior positivo
  • teste de Lachman positivo
  • manobra do ressalto (pivot shift) positiva
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Other diagnostic factors

  • sensibilidade no côndilo femoral lateral, platô tibial lateral
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Risk factors

  • trauma agudo
  • sexo feminino (após a puberdade)
  • biomecânica
  • história pregressa de lesão do ligamento cruzado anterior
  • uso de travas ou chuteiras
  • superfície irregular ou desigual para prática esportiva
  • estado do solo/condições meteorológicas
  • fadiga
  • adolescentes, jovens e atletas de meia idade
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • radiografias
  • RNM
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

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Contributors

Authors

Philip H. Cohen, MD
Philip H. Cohen

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Piscataway

NJ

Disclosures

PHC has been reimbursed for travel/lodging costs and has been given a stipend for medical education lectures for MCE Conferences.

Peer reviewers

Richard Ma, MD

Gregory L. and Ann L. Hummel Distinguished Professor

Director - Division of Sports Medicine

University of Missouri School of Medicine

Columbia

MO

Disclosures

RM declares that he has no competing interests.

Matthew A. Tao , MD

Associate Professor

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha

NE

Disclosures

MAT has provided consulting services to Vericel and NewClip.

Nicholas A. Trasolini, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem

MO

Disclosures

NAT declares that he has no competing interests.

Jason M. Scopp, MD

Director

Joint Preservation and Sports Medicine Institute

Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates

Salisbury

MD

Disclosures

JMS declares that he has no competing interests.

Jung-Ro Yoon, MD

Director

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Seoul Veterans Hospital

Seoul

South Korea

Disclosures

JRY declares that she has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Arundale AJH, Bizzini M, Dix C, et al. Exercise-based knee and anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2023 Jan;53(1):CPG1-34.Full text  Abstract

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries​: evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Aug 2022 [internet publication].Full text

Padua DA, DiStefano LJ, Hewett TE, et al. National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. J Athl Train. 2018 Jan;53(1):5-19.Full text  Abstract

van Melick N, van Cingel RE, Brooijmans F, et al. Evidence-based clinical practice update: practice guidelines for anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation based on a systematic review and multidisciplinary consensus. Br J Sports Med. 2016 Dec;50(24):1506-15.Full text  Abstract

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