C Horteur1, B Rubens Duval2, A Merlin3, J Cognault4, M Ollivier5, R Pailhe2. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sport Traumatology, Grenoble South Teaching Hospital, 38130, Echirolles, France. CHorteur@chu-grenoble.fr. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sport Traumatology, Grenoble South Teaching Hospital, 38130, Echirolles, France. 3. Sport Lab Kine - 9 bis Rue Conrad Killian, 38950, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France. 4. Clinique du Parc, Boulevard de Stalingrad, 69006, Lyon, France. 5. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Institute for Locomotion, ISM, Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, CNRS, Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France.
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°.s-1, 180°.s-1, 240°.s-1 and eccentric at 30°.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°.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°.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°.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. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV, Retrospective study.
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°.s-1, 180°.s-1, 240°.s-1 and eccentric at 30°.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°.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°.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°.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. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV, Retrospective study.
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