Isolated gracilis tendon harvesting is not associated with loss of strength and maintains good functional outcome.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
; 28(2): 637-644, 2020 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The gracilis tendon is a commonly used autologous graft. Most information on knee function and outcomes after its harvest is related to both semitendinosus- and gracilis tendon harvest. Therefore this study analyzed the effect of isolated gracilis tendon harvest from healthy, uninjured knees on thigh muscle strength and patient reported outcome measures (PROMs).METHODS:
Stabilization of the acromioclavicular joint because of chronic instability was performed with autologous gracilis tendon in 12 patients. After a mean of 44 ± 25 months after surgery, isokinetic peak-torque measurements of specific functions of the gracilis muscle were performed knee flexion in a sitting position (flexion angles 0-90°) and in prone position (flexion angles > 70°), internal tibial rotation and hip adduction. The contralateral limb was control. Knee specific PROMs were collected including IKDC-2000 subjective evaluation form, Lysholm score, the Marx Activity Rating Scale and SF-36 health survey.RESULTS:
No significant side-to-side differences were found regarding torque measurements. Excellent results were shown regarding the PROMs, which even in terms of IKDC-2000 (97 vs. 82 points, p = 0.001) exceeded significantly the age- and gender matched reference-data.CONCLUSION:
Isolated gracilis tendon harvesting was not associated with loss of strength in knee flexion, internal tibial rotation and thigh adduction. Additionally, good functional outcome as well as excellent knee-specific subjective outcome was found. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Articulação Acromioclavicular
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Coleta de Tecidos e Órgãos
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Força Muscular
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Músculo Grácil
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Instabilidade Articular
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA ESPORTIVA
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha