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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Comparison of all 71 patients for re-rupture, Lachman test, pivot shift test, anterior drawer test, KT1000 test, objective IKDC, subjective IKDC, Lysholm score: patients with ≤2.5 cm of graft within the femoral tunnel versus >2.5 cm

From: The influence of femoral tunnel length on graft rupture after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

 

≤2.5 cm

>2.5 cm

p

Re-rupture

3 (40)

3 (31)

1 (Fisher’s test)

Lachman test

 Normal

30

24

 Abnormal

10

7

 Total

40

31

1 (Chi-squared test)

Pivot shift test

 Normal

31

25

 Abnormal

9

6

 Total

40

31

0.747 (Fisher’s test)

Anterior drawer test

 Normal

27

23

 Abnormal

13

8

 Total

40

31

0.540 (Fisher’s test)

KT-1000 test

1.19

1.52

0.353 (Student’s t test)

Objective IKDC

 A

24

23

 B, C, e D

16

8

 Total

40

31

0.210 (Chi-squared test)

Subjective IKDC

93

90

0.223 (Student’s t test)

Lysholm score

93.38

90.45

0.193 (Student’s t test)