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Table 1 Characteristic of Patients

From: Early weight-bearing after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring grafts induce femoral bone tunnel enlargement: a prospective clinical and radiographic study

 

Group A

Group B

P value

No. of cases

19

18

 

Age (Range.years)

23.9 (15–40)

23.3 (15–48)

0.45

Gender (Male/Female)

19 (9/10)

18 (7/11)

0.6

Height (cm)

163.9 ± 7.7

162.7 ± 7.7

0.57

Weight (kg)

59.3 ± 8.7

61.3 ± 11.3

0.66

Cause of injury

 Sports activity

17

16

 

 Work or Accidents

2

2

 

Graft size (diameter, mm)

 AMB

6.31 ± 0.3

.39 ± 0.4

0.81

 PLB

5.19 ± 0.3

5.33 ± 0.4

0.41

Femoral tunnel length (mm)

 AMB

31.6 ± 5.2

33.9 ± 4.7

0.15

 PLB

33.2 ± 3.4

34.7 ± 3.4

0.25

Graft length inside the femoral tunnel (mm)

 AMB

14.0 ± 1.9

15.2 ± 1.1

0.08

 PLB

14.7 ± 2.2

14.6 ± 2.3

0.58

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation except cause of injury
  2. Mann-Whitney U-test
  3. AMB anteromedial bundle, PLB posterolateral bundle