INSTRUMENT FOR EVALUATING BALANCE OF KNEE JOINT

摘要

A knee joint balancing instrument (10) having a first body (14) that includes a first paddle (24) for engaging a proximal end of a tibial bone and a second body (18) that includes a second paddle (50) for engaging a distal end of a femoral bone. A rack (16) is attached to the first body and is moveable relative thereto in a superior-inferior direction. The second body is pivotally mounted to the rack for pivoting about an axis extending in an anterior-posterior direction. Tension can be induced in the medial and lateral soft tissues of the knee joint by moving the rack.