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Lesão do ligamento colateral medial

Last reviewed: 4 Feb 2026
Last updated: 02 Jun 2023

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • lesão no joelho por conta de carga repetitiva em valgo excessiva do ligamento colateral medial
  • dor no joelho medial
  • derrame articular
  • sensibilidade
  • frouxidão no teste de estresse em valgo
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Other diagnostic factors

  • equimose
  • estalo audível ou sensação de rasgo no momento da lesão
  • dificuldade de andar
  • sintomas de instabilidade do joelho
  • sintomas mecânicos do joelho
  • deformidade do joelho
  • teste de gaveta anterior positivo
  • teste de gaveta posterior positivo
  • teste de Lachman positivo
  • teste do ressalto (pivot shift) positivo
  • sensibilidade na interlinha articular
  • dor crônica
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Risk factors

  • participação em atividades que envolvem estresse em valgo na articulação do joelho
  • idade entre 20 e 35 anos
  • idade entre 55 e 70 anos
  • músculos fracos que cruzam a região medial do joelho
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • radiografias simples do joelho
  • radiografias sob estresse do joelho
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Tests to consider

  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) de joelho
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Emerging tests

  • ultrassonografia diagnóstica

Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

lesão isolada grau I

lesão isolada grau II

lesão isolada grau III

lesão combinada do ligamento colateral medial + ligamento cruzado anterior

lesão combinada do ligamento colateral medial + ligamento cruzado não anterior

ONGOING

frouxidão em valgo persistente de alto grau ≥3 meses

Contributors

Authors

Sanjeev Bhatia, MD
Sanjeev Bhatia

Director, Hip & Knee Joint Preservation Center

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Warrenville

IL

Disclosures

SB receives publication royalties from the following Nova publication: Ligamentous Injuries of the Knee. SB has stock ownership in: AI Digital Ventures, LLC; Edge Surgical; TDA Ventures, LLC; and Joint Preservation Innovations, LLC. SB is on the Board of Directors for AI Digital Ventures, LLC and Joint Preservation Innovations, LLC. He also holds patents pertaining to bone resection related technology. He has received other financial or material support from Smith & Nephew and Graymont Medical, LLC, and has been a paid speaker for the latter. SB also is a board or committee member for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Association of North America.

Nikhil N. Verma, MD
Nikhil N. Verma

Professor

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Section of Sports Medicine

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago

IL

Divulgaciones

NNV declares the following competing interests: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine: board or committee member; American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons: board or committee member; Arthrex, Inc: research support; Arthroscopy: editorial or governing board; publishing royalties, financial or material support; Arthroscopy Association Learning Center Committee: board or committee member; Arthrosurface: research support; Cymedica: stock or stock options; DJ Orthopaedics: research support; Journal of Knee Surgery: editorial or governing board; Minivasive: paid consultant, stock or stock options; Omeros: stock or stock options; Orthospace: paid consultant; Ossur: research support; SLACK Incorporated: editorial or governing board; Smith & Nephew: IP royalties, paid consultant; Smith & Nephew, Athletico, ConMed Linvatec, Miomed, Mitek: research support; Vindico Medical-Orthopedics Hyperguide: publishing royalties, financial or material support.

Revisores por pares

Jason M. Scopp, MD

Director

Joint Preservation Center at Peninsula Orthopedic Associates

Salisbury

MD

Divulgaciones

JMS declares that he has no competing interests.

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American Medical Association, Committee on the Medical Aspects of Sports. Standard nomenclature of athletic injuries. Physical Therapy. 1969 Nov;49(11):1323.Texto completo

Fetto JF, Marshall JL. Medial collateral ligament injuries of the knee: a rationale for treatment. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1978 May;(132):206-18. Resumen

Warren RF, Marshall JL. Injuries of the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments of the knee. A long-term follow-up of 86 cases - part II. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1978 Oct;(136):198-211. Resumen

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Wijdicks CA, Griffith CJ, Johansen S, et al. Injuries to the medial collateral ligament and associated medial structures of the knee. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 May;92(5):1266-80. Resumen

Halinen J, Lindahl J, Hirvensalo E, et al. Operative and nonoperative treatments of medial collateral ligament rupture with early anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective randomized study. Am J Sports Med. 2006 Jul;34(7):1134-40. Resumen

Marchant MH Jr, Tibor LM, Sekiya JK, et al. Management of medial-sided knee injuries, part 1: medial collateral ligament. Am J Sports Med. 2011 May;39(5):1102-13. Resumen

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