SBA

06:36 Mar 20, 2013 

Many thanks for ur clarifications

16:17 Mar 17, 2013 

The drawer test is a test used by physicians to detect rupture of the cruciate ligaments in the knee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawer_test

This test is performed to check the ligamentous stability, however, the result could be false negative or possitive.

In the case mentioned here, it is false negative, as the drawer test is negative --- which is "stable", but the MRI shows a complete lesion of the ACL.

SBA here, most likely is Schbladen---- which means "drawer"in German, most likely was abbreviated as "SBA".

As Michael Barnett pointed out, that part of the text is about physical examination, the following " no patellar pain" is under the same section, which is physical examination. And I agree with Michael on this point.

By physical examination, it is no way to tell "subchondral bone attrition", even though this term is related to knee injury.

In such case, it is no harm to ask the author or the relavent party to clarify what the original text means, in order to translate it correctly into other languages, if you are translating this document.

03:03 Mar 15, 2013 

There is more to medical translation than running an abbreviation through Google and selecting whatever appears "medical". Whatever SBA is, and I suspect it is a typo, it is part of the physical examination.

As I have pointed out before, there is a format to medical reports. You do not include lab data mixed into the middle of the physical examination. Neither "subchondral bone attrition" nor "serum bacterial activity" can be determined from the physical examination and are therefor out of context in the source sentence.

Normally, this part of the report would make reference to the presence of tenderness, the range of movement of the joint, the presence or absence of joint ligament laxity, joint temperature and the result of certain diagnostic maneuvers involving the knee.

09:54 Mar 14, 2013 

Of the two, Subchondral Bone Attrition is much more likely, and is strongly associated with the knee joint, but I'm not totally sure that's the right answer.

09:20 Mar 14, 2013 

The two possible meanings for SBA are: serum bactericidal activity test OR Subchondral Bone Attrition.Which is the proper one for the given context ?

09:18 Mar 14, 2013