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Table 3 Summary of postoperative data of each three group

From: Effects of different initial bundle tensioning strategies on the outcome of double-bundle ACL reconstruction: a cohort study

Group

I

II

III

Number of patient

59

53

39

Knee extension deficit (degrees) **

1.7 +/- 1.5

1.1 +/- 1.3

1.2 +/- 1.3

Knee flexion deficit (degrees)

1.4 +/- 2.8

1.1 +/- 2.5

0.9 +/- 1.8

Lachman test a)

   

   Negative

51

48

38

   1+

6

5

1

   2+

2

0

0

   3+

0

0

0

Anterior drawer test

   

   Negative

55

50

36

   1+

4

3

3

   2+

0

0

0

   3+

0

0

0

Pivot-shift test a)

   

   Negative

48

44

37

   1+

10

8

2

   2+

1

1

0

   3+

0

0

0

KT measurements (mm) **

2.1 +/- 1.8

2.1 +/- 1.4

1.2 +/- 1.4

Knee extension strength (%)

92.3 +/- 19.5

90.5 +/- 15.6

94.7 +/- 10.2

Knee flexion strength (%)

91.3 +/- 18.9

94.2 +/- 12.5

94.8 +/- 11.5

Total score of Lysholm knee scale

92.1 +/- 7.1

94.0 +/- 9.1

94.8 +/- 4.9

Subjective recovery score b)

83.3 +/- 12.3

89.7 +/- 8.6

88.2+/- 10.4

Postoperative Tegner score

6.4 +/- 1.3

6.7 +/- 1.5

7.0 +/- 1.4

Sports performance recovery score b)

83.8 +/- 11.7

91.3 +/- 9.1

87.5 +/- 12.0

  1. **: ANOVA indicated a statistically significant difference among the three groups.
  2. a): Kruskal-Wallis test indicated a trend being statistically significantly different among the three groups.
  3. b): Kruskal-Wallis indicated a statistically significant difference among the three groups.