ISSN: 2638-6003
José Martins Juliano Eustaquio1*, Alberto Martins Fontoura Borges1, Leandro Pereira de Mendonça1, Cássio Lucas Dias do Prado1, Pedro Debieux2 and Octávio Barbosa Neto3
Received:July 6, 2021 Published:July 22, 2021
Corresponding author: José Martins Juliano Eustaquio, Mário Palmerio Hospital, University of Uberaba (UNIUBE – Universidade de Uberaba), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Av. Nenê Sabino, n. 2477, Santos Dumont District, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
DOI: 10.32474/OSMOAJ.2021.05.000213
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Objective: To acess the relationship between knee flexor and extensor torques and the thickness of the quadruple hamstrings
tendons, extracted during anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery, in amateur soccer athletes.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study in which 38 amateur soccer athletes of both genders, diagnosed with recent
and isolated ACL ligament injury, participated. Epidemiological (gender, age, and dominant limb), anthropometric (height, weight,
and BMI), and biomechanical data of the injured lower limb (isometric extensor and flexor torques of the ipsilateral knee) were
evaluated. Pearson’s correlation test was used to analyze the correlation of torques with the quantitative variables of the study, and
the multivariate analysis was performed using the linear regression test with one-way ANOVA and the calculation of R2. The level
of statistical significance was set at 5% (p< 0.05).
Results: The final study sample (33 participants) had a mean age of 30 years, with 81.8% males. Significant correlations were
observed between knee flexor torque and height (p=0.002), weight (p=0.01) and graft diameter (p<0.001). In multivariate analysis
a statistically significant result was observed for flexor torque (p=0.007).
Conclusion: Knee flexor torque can be tool for preoperative analysis of flexor tendon thickness during surgical programming of
knee ligament reconstructions
Keywords: Knee Joint; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; Soccer; Isometric Contractions
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