1. Comparison of knee extensor strength after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using either quadriceps tendon or hamstring tendon autografts
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A Merlin, Régis Pailhé, Jérémy Cognault, B. Rubens Duval, C Horteur, Matthieu Ollivier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Grenoble] (CHU), Clinique universitaire de chirurgie orthopédique et de traumatologie du sport, hôpital Sud, CHU de Grenoble, avenue de Kimberley, 38130 Échirolles, France, parent, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement Etienne Jules Marey (ISM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Gestes Medico-chirurgicaux Assistés par Ordinateur (TIMC-IMAG-GMCAO), Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Grenoble - UMR 5525 (TIMC-IMAG), and Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])
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030222 orthopedics ,Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Anterior cruciate ligament ,Quadriceps muscle weakness ,[SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences ,Retrospective cohort study ,030229 sport sciences ,Concentric ,musculoskeletal system ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Anesthesia ,Medicine ,Eccentric ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Surgery ,[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering ,Quadriceps tendon ,business ,Hamstring - Abstract
Purpose The aim was to assess the consequences of quadriceps tendon (QT) harvest on knee extensor strength after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R) compared to hamstring tendon (HT) autograft. Secondary objectives were to evaluate flexor strength recovery and search for correlation between strength status and functional outcome. Methods This a retrospective cohort of 44 patients who underwent ACL-R using either QT (25) or HT (19). Median age was 31.1 years. We assessed thigh muscle strength thanks to concentric iso kinetic evaluation (peak torque) at 60 degrees.s(-1), 180 degrees.s(-1), 240 degrees.s(-1) and eccentric at 30 degrees.s(-1), 7 months on average after surgery. Muscle strength values were compared to the uninjured leg in order to calculate a percentage of deficit as well as unilateral hamstring/quadriceps (H/Q) ratios. KOOS score was obtained at a mean follow-up of 18 months. Results Extensor strength deficit (concentric 60 degrees.s(-1)) was one average 33.1% in the QT group and 28.2% in the HT group (p = 0.42). Difference of flexor strength deficit (concentric 60 degrees.s(-1)) was close to be significant with 5% and 12% of deficit in the QT and HT group, respectively (p = 0.1), and statistically significant for high angular velocity (14% versus 3% at 240 degrees.s(-1), p = 0.04). H/Q ratios were comparable in both groups ranging from 0.62 to 0.78. Quadriceps muscle strength deficit was negatively correlated with the KOOS score (Pearson coefficient = -0.4; p = 0.005). Conclusion QT autograft harvest does not yield significant quadriceps muscle weakness after ACL-R, which appear to be a pejorative factor for functional outcome.
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- 2022