Kyohei Nishida1,2,3, Tom Gale3, Daisuke Chiba1,3,4, Felipe Suntaxi3, Bryson Lesniak1, Freddie Fu1, William Anderst5, Volker Musahl1. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. 3. Biodynamics Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Rivertech Building Complex, 3820 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA. 4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. 5. Biodynamics Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Rivertech Building Complex, 3820 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA. anderst@pitt.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) may confer improved rotational stability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Little is known about how LET affects in vivo cartilage contact after ACLR. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of LET in combination with ACLR (ACLR + LET) on in vivo cartilage contact kinematics compared to isolated ACLR (ACLR) during downhill running. It was hypothesised that cartilage contact area in the lateral compartment would be larger in ACLR + LET compared with ACLR, and that the anterior-posterior (A-P) position of the contact center on the lateral tibia would be more anterior after ACLR + LET than after ACLR. METHODS: Twenty patients were randomly assigned into ACLR + LET or ACLR during surgery (ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT02913404). At 6 months and 12 months after surgery, participants were imaged during downhill running using biplane radiography. Tibiofemoral motion was tracked using a validated registration process. Patient-specific cartilage models, obtained from 3 T MRI, were registered to track bone models and used to calculate the dynamic cartilage contact area and center of cartilage contact in both the medial and lateral tibiofemoral compartments, respectively. The side-to-side differences (SSD) were compared between groups using a Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: At 6 months after surgery, the SSD in A-P cartilage contact center in ACLR + LET (3.9 ± 2.6 mm, 4.4 ± 3.1 mm) was larger than in ACLR (1.2 ± 1.6 mm, 1.5 ± 2.0 mm) at 10% and 20% of the gait cycle, respectively (p < 0.01, p < 0.05). There was no difference in the SSD in cartilage contact center at 12 months after surgery. There was no difference in SSD of cartilage contact area in the medial and lateral compartments at both 6 and 12 months after surgery. There were no adverse events during the trial. CONCLUSION: LET in combination with ACLR may affect the cartilage contact center during downhill running in the early post-operation phase, but this effect is lost in the longer term. This suggests that healing and neuromuscular adaptation occur over time and may also indicate a dampening of the effect of LET over time. (337 /350 words) LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II.
PURPOSE: Lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) may confer improved rotational stability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Little is known about how LET affects in vivo cartilage contact after ACLR. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of LET in combination with ACLR (ACLR + LET) on in vivo cartilage contact kinematics compared to isolated ACLR (ACLR) during downhill running. It was hypothesised that cartilage contact area in the lateral compartment would be larger in ACLR + LET compared with ACLR, and that the anterior-posterior (A-P) position of the contact center on the lateral tibia would be more anterior after ACLR + LET than after ACLR. METHODS: Twenty patients were randomly assigned into ACLR + LET or ACLR during surgery (ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT02913404). At 6 months and 12 months after surgery, participants were imaged during downhill running using biplane radiography. Tibiofemoral motion was tracked using a validated registration process. Patient-specific cartilage models, obtained from 3 T MRI, were registered to track bone models and used to calculate the dynamic cartilage contact area and center of cartilage contact in both the medial and lateral tibiofemoral compartments, respectively. The side-to-side differences (SSD) were compared between groups using a Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: At 6 months after surgery, the SSD in A-P cartilage contact center in ACLR + LET (3.9 ± 2.6 mm, 4.4 ± 3.1 mm) was larger than in ACLR (1.2 ± 1.6 mm, 1.5 ± 2.0 mm) at 10% and 20% of the gait cycle, respectively (p < 0.01, p < 0.05). There was no difference in the SSD in cartilage contact center at 12 months after surgery. There was no difference in SSD of cartilage contact area in the medial and lateral compartments at both 6 and 12 months after surgery. There were no adverse events during the trial. CONCLUSION: LET in combination with ACLR may affect the cartilage contact center during downhill running in the early post-operation phase, but this effect is lost in the longer term. This suggests that healing and neuromuscular adaptation occur over time and may also indicate a dampening of the effect of LET over time. (337 /350 words) LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II.
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