Abstract
Fifty-seven patients without other ligament injury underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (50 B-L-B, 7 hamstring). KT-1000 assessments were made preoperatively in clinic under anesthesia before and immediately after fixation and at 6-month follow-up. Preoperative manual maximum (ManMax) side-to-side difference (ManMaxdelta) under anesthesia (9.2 +/- 3.5 mm) was significantly larger than in clinic (6.1 +/- 1.8 mm), P < .0001. This difference is important when arthrometer thresholds are used for decision making. ManMaxdelta increased significantly from -0.7 +/- 2.5 mm immediately after surgery to 2.1 +/- 2.3 mm at 6 months (P < .0001). There was no significant correlation between immediate postoperative and 6-month ManMaxdelta (r = .125).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 560-564 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.) |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| State | Published - Nov 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery