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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Reasons for failed hop (pre)tests in patients after ACL-IB and patients after ACL reconstruction

From: Functional leg performance 2 years after ACL surgery: a comparison between InternalBrace™-augmented repair versus reconstruction versus healthy controls

Subject no.

Failed hop pretest or test

SLH

SH

Inv

Uninv

Reason

Inv

Uninv

Reason

ACL-IB

 28

X

X

No stable landing (both sides)

X

X

No stable landing (both sides), 40 cm distance not reached (both sides)

 34

   

X*

 

40 cm distance not reached, no confidence

 10

   

X*

 

40 cm distance not reached, no stable landing

 1

   

X

X

No stable landing (both sides)

 13

   

X

X

Test terminated by the patient after 20 s with the uninvolved leg due to muscular weakness, not willing to perform test with the affected side afterwards

 22

   

X

X

40 cm distance not reached (both sides)

ACL-R

 14

X*

 

Knee pain; no confidence

X*

 

Knee pain; no confidence

 5

   

X

X

40 cm distance not reached (both sides), no stable landing (both sides), no confidence

 32

   

X*

 

40 cm distance not reached (both sides)

  1. Note that all controls were able to complete all hop tests
  2. ACL-IB anterior cruciate ligament repair and InternalBrace™ augmentation after proximal ruptures, ACL-R anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, SLH single-leg hop, SH side hop, Inv involved leg, Uninv uninvolved leg
  3. *Patients were able to jump with the uninvolved leg, but not with the involved leg