ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2020
Joint laxity and graft compliance increase during the first year following ACL reconstruction with short hamstring tendon grafts.
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- Quadriceps tendon autograft for pediatric anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction results in promising postoperative function and rates of return to sports: A systematic review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Pooled it
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- The Association Between Concomitant Meniscal Tear, Tibial Slope, Static Knee Position, and Anterior Knee Laxity in ACL-Deficient Patients.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Predictive Refined Computational Modeling of ACL Tear Injury Patterns.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Muscle Strength and Graft Laxity With Early Open Kinetic Chain Exercise After ACL Reconstruction: A Cohort Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Impact of Occupation on 12-Month Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Male Patients.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- A novel home-based rehabilitative knee brace system is a viable option for postoperative rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a report of 15 cases.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Sufficient MRI graft structural integrity at 9 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring tendon autograft.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- The lateral femoral notch sign and coronal lateral collateral ligament sign in magnetic resonance imaging failed to predict dynamic anterior tibial laxity.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- The Addition of Suture Tape to the Hamstring Graft Construct Does Not Reduce Instrumented Knee Laxity Following ACL Reconstruction.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Two-year postoperative MRI appearances of anterior cruciate ligament hamstrings autografts are not correlated with functional outcomes, anterior laxity, or patient age.Bone & joint open · 2021Article
- Healthy knee KT1000 measurements of anterior tibial translation have significant variation.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeEvaluating joint laxity and graft compliance after ACL surgery may be used to quantify biomechanical graft properties during the ligamentization process. This study aimed to analyse the evolvement of joint laxity and graft compliance of short hamstring tendon grafts after ACL reconstruction (ACLR).
methodsForty-seven patients that underwent ACLR were retrospectively enrolled. Joint laxity was quantified with a GNRB
resultsMean ΔL and ΔC decreased significantly between preoperative and M1 for all applied forces (at 30 N, ΔL: 0.8 mm, p < 0.0001; ΔC: 25.9 µm/N, p < 0.001). Between M1 and M9, ΔL increased significantly at 30 N (p = 0.02) and 60 N (p < 0.001), while ΔC increased by 15.2 µm/N at 30 N (p = 0.003) and 14.9 µm/N at 60 N (p = 0.001). Between M9 and the last FU, there were no significant differences for ΔL and ΔC.
conclusionJoint laxity and graft compliance evolve during the first postoperative year with a phase between the first and ninth postoperative month of relative weakness. According to the established evolvement profile, return to pivoting or contact sports should be considered only after stabilization of joint laxity and graft compliance. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Retrospective cohort study, Level III.
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