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==Rule==
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If any of the following are present, order XR:
# age 55 or older
# isolated tenderness of patella (no bone tenderness of knee other than patella)
# tenderness of head of fibula
# inability to bear weight both immediately and in the emergency department for 4 steps (unable to transfer weight twice onto each lower limb regardless of limping)
 
==Validation==
*Prospectively validated in 1024 adults <ref> Stiell IG, et al, Prospective validation of a decision rule for the use of radiography in acute knee injuries., JAMA. 1996 Feb 28;275(8):611-5. PMID: 8594242  </ref>
*Sensitivity for fractures of knee is 100% (95% confidence interval: 0.94 to 1.0)
 
==Sources==
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