Alessandro Lelli

Alessandro Lelli (- – -) Italian Orthopaedic Surgeon.

Specialist in arthroscopic and open knee surgery surgery performing over 18,000+ knee ligament reconstructions. Epoynmously linked with the Lelli Test (Lever test)

Biography

• 1980 – l’Università degli Studi di Bologna
• 1982 – Orthopedic Consultant for Professional Basketball team Virtus Pallacanestro di Bologna
• 1985 – Specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology at l’Università degli Studi di Bologna
• 1996 – Head of the arthroscopic knee surgery at l’Ospedale Villa Laura a Bologna
• 2011 – XXth International Isokinetic Congress of Bologna, publication of the ‘Lelli test‘ for enhanced diagnosis of functional ACL disruption
• 2013 – International Faculty for la chirurgia legamentosa e protesica
• 2015 – Honorary Professor at the University of Shenzhen – China

Medical Eponyms

• Lelli Test (2005)

Major Publications

• Lelli A, Di Turi RP, Spenciner DB, Dòmini M. The “Lever Sign”: a new clinical test for the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Sep;24(9):2794-7 [PMID25536951]

References

• Deveci A et al. The arthroscopical and radiological corelation of lever sign test for the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Springerplus. 2015 Dec 30;4:830. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1628-9. eCollection 2015. [PMC4695483]
• Thapa SS, Lamichhane AP, Mahara DP. Accuracy of Lelli Test For Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear. Journal of Institute of Medicine, August, 2015, 37:2 91-94. [PDF]