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Table 1 Overview of included studies

From: Comparison of knee flexor strength recovery between semitendinosus alone versus semitendinosus with gracilis autograft for ACL reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Study design/ Level of evidence

Autograft (n, %)

Sex (M/W) (W, %)

Age (Mean ± SD)

Assessment time (Months)

Adachi (2003) [25]

Prospective cohort study

Level II

S: 26 (59%)

SG: 18 (41%)

Total: 44

S: 15/11

SG: 12/6

Total: 17 (39%)

S: 27.7 ± 10.5

SG: 25.6 ± 8.9

Both: 12, 35

Ardern (2010) [26]

Retrospective cohort study

Level III

S: 20 (40%)

SG: 30 (60%)

Total: 50

S: 15/5

SG: 20/10

Total: 15 (30%)

S: 27.2 ± 5

SG: 28.7 ± 7

S: 33.5 ± 4.1

SG: 31.4 ± 7

Barenius (2013) [27]

Retrospective cohort study

Level III

S: 10 (50%)

SG: 10 (50%)

Total: 20

S: 8/2

SG: 8/2

Total: 4 (25%)

S: 26 ± 7

SG: 26 ± 9

S: 36 ± 4

SG: 37 ± 6

Carter (1999) [28]

Randomized controlled trial

Level I

S: 33 (49%)

SG: 35 (51%)

Total: 68

  

Both: 6

de Geofroy (2022) [29]

Retrospective cohort study

Level III

S: 69 (52%) SG: 64 (48%)

Total: 133

S: 66/3

SG: 63/1

Total: 4 (3%)

S: 28.5 ± 6.2

SG: 29.8 ± 6.5

Both: 4, 8

Drocco (2017) [30]

Retrospective cohort study

Level III

S: 45 (50%)

SG: 45 (50%)

Total: 90

S: 34/11

SG: 27/18

Total: 29 (32%)

S: 29.5 ± 10

SG: 27.7 ± 9

Both: 6

Gillet (2022) [31]

Retrospective cohort study

Level III

S: 67 (36%)

SG: 119 (64%)

Total: 186

S: 67/0

SG: 119/0

Total: 0 (0%)

S: 26.9 ± 6.4

SG: 25.6 ± 6.1

Both: 6

Inagaki (2013) [32]

Prospective cohort study

Level II

S: 61 (51%)

SG: 59 (49%)

Total: 120

S: 35/26

SG: 33/26

Total: 52 (43%)

S: 28.2 ± 11.9

SG: 26.2 ± 10.3

Both: 24

Kouloumentas (2019) [33]

Randomized controlled trial

Level I

S: 45 (50%)

SG: 45 (50%)

Total: 90

S: 28/17

SG: 27/18

Total: 35 (39%)

S: 27.6 ± 11.4

SG: 29.7 ± 11.0

Both: 24

Lee (2019) [34]

Retrospective cohort study

Level III

S: 60 (50%)

SG: 60 (50%)

Total: 120

S: 57/3

SG: 55/5

Total: 8 (7%)

S: 27.4 ± 6.6

SG: 26.9 ± 7.3

S: 37.5 ± 5.9

SG: 36.8 ± 6.1

Monaco (2018) [35]

Retrospective cohort study

Level III

S: 22 (50%)

SG: 22 (50%)

Total: 44

S: 15/7

SG: 17/5

Total: 12 (27%)

S: 32.5 ± 6.7

SG: 31.7 ± 7.1

Both: 13 (12–14)

Nakamura (2002) [36]

Case–control study

Level III

S: 49 (66%)

SG: 25 (34%)

Total: 74

S: 28/21

SG: 6/19

Total: 40 (54%)

S: 24.3

SG: 25.7

Both: 24

Roger (2020) [37]

Randomized controlled trial

Level I

S: 33 (55%)

SG: 27 (45%)

Total: 60

S: 26/7

SG: 23/4

Total: 11 (18%)

S: 30.5 ± 8.9

SG: 30.3 ± 8.5

Both: 6, 24

Sengoku (2022) [38]

Retrospective cohort study

Level III

S: 41 (50%)

SG: 41 (50%)

Total: 82

S: 21/20

SG: 21/20

Total: 40 (49%)

S: 21.7 ± 9.2

SG: 19.6 ± 7

Both: 3, 6

Yosmaoglu (2011) [39]

Prospective cohort study

Level II

S: 23 (50%)

SG: 23 (50%)

Total: 46

S: 23/0

SG: 23/0

Total: 0 (0%)

S: 29 ± 7

SG: 28 ± 9

Both: 12

  1. M men, n numbers of individuals, SD Standard deviation, S Semitendinosus, SG Semitendinosus + gracilis, W Women