A meta-analysis examining clinical test utilities for assessing meniscal injury

Clinical Rehabilitation
Brent B MeserveThomas R Boucher

Abstract

To systematically review the most recent literature with meta-analysis to summarize the accuracy of clinical tests for assessing meniscal lesions of the knee. A computerized database search was performed to identify eligible articles. Identified articles were reviewed to determine eligibility and methodological quality. Sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios and diagnostic odd ratios were reproduced or recorded from each study. Meta-analysis was performed using the reported study sensitivity and specificity values. Three tests - joint line tenderness, McMurray's and Apley's - were compared in the meta-analysis. The methodological quality of the studies was found to have a significant effect on both the test sensitivities and specificities. Summary receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, sensitivity values, mean likelihood ratios and diagnostic odd ratios (DOR) uniformly show joint line tenderness (DOR = 10.98) to be the best ;common' test, followed by McMurray's (DOR = 3.99) and Apley's (DOR = 2.2). Thessaly's test reported the strongest DOR of 227, but samples were smaller (n = 410), than those for joint line tenderness (n = 1354), McMurray's (n = 1232) and Apley's (n = 479). Methodological quality varied from poo...Continue Reading

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