Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2009
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of our study was to investigate the functional outcome after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using bone–patellar tendon– bone (BPTB) and quadrupled semitendinosus and gracilis tendon (ST/G) autografts by evaluating stride-to-stride variability.
Methods: Six patients with BPTB and 6 patients with STG ACL reconstruction, 2 years postoperatively, and 6 healthy control subjects walked on a treadmill at a self-selected pace while 2 minutes of continuous kinematic data were recorded with a 6-camera optoelectronic system. Stride-to-stride variability was calculated from the knee flexion/extension data using the nonlinear measure of approximate entropy, which estimates the regularity of movement patterns over time.
Results: ACL reconstruction affects stride-to-stride variability. Both the BPTB and the ST/G groups had significantly larger approximate entropy values than the healthy controls. No differences were found between the BPTB and the ST/G approximate entropy values.
Conclusions: After ACL reconstruction using either BPTB or quadrupled ST/G, there is increased gait variability as compared to healthy individuals. This could be caused by the altered neuromuscular activity found in ACL-reconstructed limbs.
Level of Evidence: Level III, case control study.
Journal Title
Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery
Volume
25
Issue
7
First Page
742
Last Page
749
Recommended Citation
Moraiti, Constantina O.; Stergiou, Nikolaos; Ristanis, Stavros; Vasiliadis, Haris S.; Patras, Kostas; Lee, Cassandra; and Georgoulis, Anastasios D., "The Effect of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction on Stride-to-Stride Variability" (2009). Journal Articles. 163.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/biomechanicsarticles/163
Comments
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery, Vol. [VOL#, ISSUE#, (DATE)]