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Similar knee laxity & clinical outcome between device vs freehand graft tensioning in ACLR

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September 2016

Similar knee laxity & clinical outcome between device vs freehand graft tensioning in ACLR

Vol: 5| Issue: 9| Number:40| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1

A Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Clinical Effectiveness of a Measured Objective Tensioning Device in Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Am J Sports Med. 2016 Jun;44(6):1482-6

Contributing Authors:
PD Grunau S Arneja JM Leith

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127 patients scheduled for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a hamstring autograft were randomized to intraoperative tensioning of the graft using either a commercial device or a freehand method by the surgeon. The purpose of this study was to compare anterior knee laxity and patient-reported outcome measures between groups. The results demonstrated no significant differences between ...

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