Research Article
Muscular Force Patterns during Level Walking in ACL-Deficient Patients with a Concomitant Medial Meniscus Tear
Table 1
Subject characteristics in each group (
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| | Control | ACLD | ACLDM | value |
| Age (years) | | | | 0.41 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | 0.75 | Pace (m/s) | | | | 0.85 | Time after injury (months) | n/a | | | 0.27 | Mechanism of injury | n/a | Sports injury (5 football, 6 basketball), 1 twisting injury while walking | Sports injury (2 football, 4 basketball), 2 twisting injury while walking, 2 injury while falling down the stairs | — | Anterior drawer test | n/a | All positive | All positive | — | Lachman test | n/a | All positive | All positive | — | Pivot shift test | n/a | 8 positive, 4 negative | 5 positive, 5 negative | 0.43 |
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BMI: body mass index; n/a: not applicable. Chi-square test between ACLD and ACLDM groups. |