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E-poster #381<br />

Gait Analysis in Well and Poor Functioning<br />

Patients with an Anterior Cruciate Ligament<br />

Deficiency<br />

Joanna Kvist, SWEDEN, Presenter<br />

Physical Therapy / IHS, Linkoping, SWEDEN<br />

Introduction: Some patients with ACL-deficiency<br />

can function well and participate in high-level<br />

sports, while others have functional limitations<br />

even during activities of daily living. We have<br />

previously found that patients, who function well<br />

after an ACL-injury, have similar static translation<br />

in the injured leg compared to poor functioning<br />

patients. However, they utilize a greater anterior<br />

translation during gait. The aim of the present<br />

study was to investigate if the anterior positioning<br />

of the tibiae in the well-functioning patients was<br />

assisted dynamically by the neuromuscular<br />

system.<br />

Material and Method: Twenty-one patients with a<br />

unilateral ACL injury participated in the study.<br />

Twelve patients functioned well (Lysholm score<br />

>=84) and 9 patients had poor knee function<br />

(Lysholm score

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