Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2003
Abstract
Recent in vitro research suggests that ACL reconstruction does not restore tibial rotation. This study investigated rotational knee joint stability in vivo during a combined descending and pivoting movement that applies a high rotational load to the knee joint. We studied 20 ACL reconstructed patients (bone–patellar tendon–bone graft) and 15 matched controls with a six-camera optoelectronic system performing the examined movement. In the control group the results showed no significant differences in the amount of tibial rotation between the two sides. No significant differences were also found between the contralateral intact leg of the ACL group and the healthy control. However, a significant difference was found within the ACL reconstructed group and between the reconstructed and the contralateral intact leg. Therefore ACL reconstruction may not restore tibial rotation even though anterior tibial translation has been reestablished.
Journal Title
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Volume
11
Issue
6
First Page
360
Last Page
365
Recommended Citation
Ristanis, Stavros; Giakas, Giannis; Papageorgiou, Christos D.; Moraiti, Constantina O.; Stergiou, Nikolaos; and Georgoulis, Anastasios D., "The effects of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on tibial rotation during pivoting after descending stairs" (2003). Journal Articles. 123.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/biomechanicsarticles/123
Comments
The final publication is available at Springer via http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00167-003-0428-x.