[The physical diagnosis and treatment of insufficiency of the anterior cruciate ligament]. / K voprosu o fizikal'noi diagnostike i lechenii nedostatochnosti perednei krestoobraznoi sviazki.

The role of the anterior cruciate ligament is considered in this work from the standpoints of anatomy and biomechanics. The authors are supporters of early and active operative management of acute injuries of the ligament and chronic instability of the knee joint. To improve early diagnostics of injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament the positional anterior drawer test was developed. Positive results of this test were compared with those of well-known tests for the insufficiency of the anterior cruciate ligament and it was recommended for diagnosing the anterior instability of the knee joint.

[Stress fractures of the metatarsal bone in sportsmen (Jones' fracture)]. / Stressovyi perelom V pliusnevoi kosti u sportsmenov (perelom Dzhonsa).

The authors examine the peculiarities of the diagnosis, the clinical course and the roentgenologic manifestations of the fracture of the 5th metatarsal bone, the so-called Jones' fracture, in sportsmen. In this type of injury a good treatment result, i.e. the consolidation of the bone and the recovery of the foot at the early posttraumatic period is achieved by surgical treatment which provides for a necessary compression at the fracture site.