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Seventy-two patients with subacute or chronic rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament were randomly assigned to autograft reconstruction with four-strand gracilis and semitendinosus tendon (N = 37) or with patellar tendon-bone (N = 35) from the ipsilateral side. The groups were similar in terms of age, sex, level of activity, degree of laxity, meniscal lesions found surgically, and rehabilitation program. The follow-up was performed at another hospital by independent observers after 6, 12, and 24 months. Sixty-one patients (32 with hamstring tendon grafts and 29 with patellar tendon grafts) complied with the follow-up routine for the full 24 months. No differences were found between the groups with respect to Cincinnati functional score, KT-1000 arthrometer measurements, or stairs hopple test results. The subjective result and the single-legged hop test result were better for the hamstring tendon group after 6 and 12 months, but no differences were found after 24 months. The hamstring tendon group showed better isokinetic knee extension strength than did the patellar tendon group after 6 months, but not after 12 and 24 months. There was a significant weakness in isokinetic knee f

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Author

Arne K. Aune; Inger Holm; May Arna Risberg; Hanne Krogstad Jensen; Harald Steen

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)