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Table 3 Postoperative clinical assessment at 2 year

From: A prospective randomized study of arthroscopic ACL reconstruction with adjustable- versus fixed-loop device for femoral side fixation

 

Group I

Group II

p-Value

Lachman test

   

 Grade 0

20 (87%)

17 (85%)

0.8a

 Grade 1

3 (13%)

3 (15%)

 

 Grade 2

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 Grade 3

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Pivot shift test

   

 Grade 0

22 (95.7%)

19 (95%)

0.9a

 Grade 1

1 (4.7%)

1 (5%)

 

 Grade 2

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 Grade 3

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Change in IKDC score

35.7 ± 9.0

38.9 ± 8.8

0.3b

Change in Lysholm score

36.4 ± 5.5

35.3 ± 5.2

0.5b

Change in thigh circumference wasting (cm)

0.7 ± 0.8

0.7 ± 0.8

0.9b

  1. Group I = adjustable-loop device, Group II = fixed-loop device, IKDC = International Knee Documentation Committee, values expressed as mean with standard deviation in parentheses, range, and percentages in bracket