Postoperative knee laxity in relation to the presence of GJH
| Authors | Patients (male) | Test | Type of graft | Follow-up time, mean years (minimum) | Result sorted by presence of GJH | P value | |
| GJH | Non-GJH | ||||||
| Kim et al41* | 237 (183) | Lachman test (% with 0, 1, 2, 3) | PT | 2 (2) | 66, 27, 7, 0 | 85, 13, 2, 0 | NS |
| 5 | 55, 33, 9, 3 | 81, 16, 3, 0 | 0.034 | ||||
| HT | 2 (2) | 52, 33, 14, 0 | 83, 15, 2, 0 | NS | |||
| 5 | 35, 47, 18, 0 | 81, 15, 5, 0 | 0.040 | ||||
| Kim et al6 | 108 (82) | PT | 8 | 52, 33, 11, 4 | 80, 16, 4, 0 | 0.010 | |
| Kim et al41* | 237 (183) | Pivot shift test (% with 0, 1, 2, 3) | PT | 2 (2) | 73, 20, 7, 0 | 87, 12, 2, 0 | NS |
| 5 | 58, 30, 12, 0 | 86, 12, 2, 0 | 0.013 | ||||
| HT | 2 (2) | 62, 29, 10, 0 | 89, 9, 2, 0 | NS | |||
| 5 | 50, 39, 11, 0 | 85, 12, 2, 0 | NS | ||||
| Kim et al6 | 108 (82) | PT | 8 | 56, 33, 11, 0 | 84, 14, 3, 0 | 0.007 | |
| Kim et al41 | 237 (183) | KT-2000, mean side-to-side difference | PT | 2 (2) | 2.7±1.4 | 2.1±1.0 | NS |
| 5 | 3.2±1.8 | 2.2±1.2 | 0.001 | ||||
| HT | 2 (2) | 3.5±1.4 | 2.3±0.9 | <0.001 | |||
| 5 | 4.4±1.8 | 2.3±0.9 | <0.001 | ||||
| Kim et al6 | 108 (82) | PT | 8 | 3.3±2.0 | 2.2±1.2 | 0.001 | |
| Larson et al5 | 183 (81) | KT-1000 ATT, mean MMT side-to-side difference (range) | Various‡ | 5.7/6.2 (2) | 1.6 (3.5–8) | 1.0 (5–5.5) | NS |
*The p values of the Bonferroni correction analysis are presented for this publication.
†The exact follow-up time was not disclosed.
‡PT autograft (46), PT allograft (43), quadrupled HT autograft (85), tibialis anterior allograft (9).
ATT, anterior tibial translation; GJH, generalised joint hypermobility; HT, hamstring tendon; MMT, manual maximum test side-to-side difference with a force of 134 N; NS, not significant; PT, patellar tendon.