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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 6 Vertical hop test kinetics

From: Evaluation of lower limb kinetics during gait, sprint and hop tests before and after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

 

Preoperative

3 months

6 months

12 months

X

SD

X

SD

X

SD

X

SD

IVF

 IKF

113.4

25.8

102.5

23.6

107.0

38.2

100.2

12.56

 CF

136.6

36.3

127.7

30.2

134.8

32.5

120.5

15.89

 p

0.035

0.001

0.001

0.015

 LSI

83%

80%

79.3%

83.1%

FVF

 IKF

233.5

88.9

185.2

71.8

210.1

60.7

250.3

64.08

 CF

234.0

67.6

239.5

63.3

236.2

50.7

243.6

31.13

 p

0.035

0.080

0.200

0.063

 LSI

99.7%

77.3%

88.9%

102%

IVF/FVF

 IKF

59.93

48.3

60.16

18.9

55.29

27.1

42.43

12.02

 CF

64.09

30.6

55.39

13.9

59.94

24.9

50.04

7.83

 p

0.035

0.432

0.587

0.156

 LSI

93.5%

108.6%

92.2%

84.5%

Hop time

 IKF

0.42

0.11

0.46

0.11

0.48

0.07

0.47

0.04

 CF

0.41

0.11

0.53

0.22

0.47

0.07

0.39

0.14

 p

0.057

0.762

0.052

0.062

 LSI

102%

86.7%

102%

120%

  1. IVF impulse vertical force, FVF fallen vertical force, MVF maximum vertical force, IKF injured-knee foot, CF control foot, SD standard deviation