Knee flexor strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the semitendinosus and gracilis tendons.

摘要: Knee flexor strength recovery following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the doubled semitendinosus and gracilis tendons was assessed for up to 12 months post-surgery. Twelve patients were followed up, four at 3 months, five 6 three moment recorded using Biodex System-3 isokinetic dynamometer. Three sets of repetitions reciprocal eccentric/ concentric knee flexion contractions carried out each set 1.05, 2.09 or 3.14 rad × s -1 . T-tests used test significant differences between within groups. The uninjured leg produced greater average peak moments than injured leg; (p 0.05) groups percentage deficit legs. On average, a 23% in still evident both eccentrically concentrically 1.05 Taken as whole this evidence suggests that there is least post-surgery tendon graft even after full rehabilitation protocol.