Sch 14, s 137
CurrentSerious knee injury
Schedule 14Ranges of injury scale values
Part 6Orthopaedic injuries
Division 12Knee injuries
137 Serious knee injury
| Comment | 11 to 24 | ||
| The injury may involve— | |||
| (a) ongoing pain, discomfort, limitation of movement, instability or deformity; and | |||
| (b) a risk, in the long-term, of degenerative changes caused by damage to the joint surfaces, muscular wasting or ligamentous or meniscal injury. | |||
| Example of the injury | |||
| a leg fracture extending into the knee joint, causing pain that is constant, permanent and limits movement or impairs agility | |||
| Comment about appropriate level of ISV | |||
| An ISV at or near the middle of the range will be appropriate if there is a ligamentous injury, that required surgery and prolonged rehabilitation, causing a DPI of 15% and functional limitation. |
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