| Lemaire group n = 35 knees | Reference group n = 52 knees | p-value* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Â | n (%) | Â | Â | |
Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | Range |  | |
Demographics | |||||
 Male sex | 28 (80%) |  | 29 (56%) |  | 0.021 |
 Age (years) | 23.0 ± 6.3 | (15–37) | 34.2 ± 10.5 | (16–53) | < 0.001 |
 BMI (kg/m²) | 23.5 ± 2.5 | (20–29) | 23.9 ± 2.7 | (18–31) | n.s. |
 Tegner score** (pre-injury) | 7.5 | (7–9) | 6.5 | (7–9) | 0.001 |
Preoperative data | |||||
 Lachman |  |  |  |  | n.s. |
  Hard endpoint | 0 (0%) |  | 0 (0%) |  |  |
  Delayed hard endpoint | 0 (0%) |  | 4 (8%) |  |  |
  Soft endpoint | 35 (100%) |  | 48 (92%) |  |  |
 Pivot Shift |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
  None | 0 (0%) |  | 0 (0%) |  |  |
  Glide | 0 (0%) |  | 51 (98%) |  |  |
  Clunk | 32 (91%) |  | 0 (0%) |  |  |
  Gross | 3 (9%) |  | 0 (0%) |  |  |
Lysholm score | 65.4 ± 17.9 | (35–100) | 68.2 ± 16.7 | (34–99) | n.s. |
IKDC subjective score | 61.3 ± 15.0 | (23–91) | 59.7 ± 13.1 | (22–86) | n.s. |
Static ATT | 2.6 ± 3.7 | (5–10) | 1.5 ± 2.3 | (4–6) | n.s. |
Dynamic ATT (Differential laxity) | 7.9 ± 3.9 | (0–17) | 5.9 ± 3.6 | (3–14) | 0.022 |
Extension deficit | 1 (3%) | Â | 1 (2%) | Â | n.s. |
Flexion range | 135.4 ± 13.7 | (60–140) | 133.4 ± 7.5 | (115–140) | 0.022 |