. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 9.

Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2008 Nov;26(11):1500–1505. doi: 10.1002/jor.20690

Table 1.

AP laxity for the ACL intact and suture repair constructs. INTACT=ACL-intact, capsule intact; OPEN=ACL-intact capsule opened; ANT=Anterior tibial tunnel; MID=Central tibial tunnel; POST=Posterior tibial tunnel; ANT-MID=Anterior & central tunnel combined.

Location	Knee Flexion (deg)	n	Mean AP Laxity (mm)	95% Confidence Interval
Location	Knee Flexion (deg)	n	Mean AP Laxity (mm)	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
INTACT	N/A	6	4.3	2.9	5.8
OPEN	N/A	6	4.6	3.1	6.1
MARSHALL	30°	6	13.1^*	11.9	14.4
MARSHALL	60°	6	10.5^*	9.3	11.8
ANT	30°	6	7.1^*	5.8	8.3
ANT	60°	6	4.6	3.3	5.8
MID	30°	6	5.2	3.9	6.4
MID	60°	6	4.0	2.8	5.3
POST	30°	6	8.4^*	7.2	9.7
POST	60°	6	5.7	4.4	6.9
ANT-MID	30°	6	6.1^†	4.9	7.4
ANT-MID	60°	6	4.3	3.1	5.6

Statistically different from the ACL INTACT knees (p<0.001).

^†

Statistically different from the ACL INTACT knees (p<0.05).