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. 2010 Dec 22;35(11):1611–1620. doi: 10.1007/s00264-010-1159-5

Table 2.

Values of maximum internal and external rotation reached

Maximum internal rotation with corresponding moments, calculated areas and work (J)
Loaded deflection Unloaded deflection
ID Knee flexion angle Deflection angle (°) Nm intact Nm absent AUC intact (Nm/J) AUC absent (Nm/J) AUC intact (Nm/J) AUC absent (Nm/J)
I 13.3 12.5 10.1 1.08 1.04 0.87 0.66
II 13.5 16.1 11.9 1.66 1.29 1.27 0.65
III 3.9 7.6 4 0.25 0.12 0.24 0.05
IV 7.5 12.9 10 0.71 0.57 0.61 0.25
V 15.1 13.8 12.6 1.61 1.52 1.35 1.02
VI 8.4 13.7 8.8 0.95 0.55 0.77 0.35
I 30° 18.5 13.8 13.3 1.25 1.3 0.99 0.67
II 13.8 11.8 9.8 1.15 1.04 0.81 0.46
III 7.1 6.2 3.7 0.33 0.11 0.28 0.15
IV 8.4 11.3 12.3 0.74 0.86 0.56 0.59
V 13.6 11.1 3.9 1.17 0.87 0.94 0.39
VI 12 12.4 9 1.14 0.54 0.91 0.26
I 90° 18.3 18.5 21.3 2.71 3.06 2.15 2.13
II 10.1 17.6 14.2 1.52 1.44 1.33 1.07
III 6.7 12.9 6.7 0.65 0.54 0.50 0.37
IV 8.2 16.8 14.7 1.18 1.04 0.99 0.43
V 14.9 10.8 6.1 1.4 1.09 1.05 0.45
VI 9 13.8 7.8 1.07 0.64 0.96 0.42
Averaged values of maximum internal rotation, corresponding moments and applied work (J)
Knee flexion angle Deflection angle (°) Nm intact Nm absent AUC intact (Nm/J) AUC absent (Nm/J) AUC intact (Nm/J) AUC absent (Nm/J)
Meana 10.3 12.8 9.6 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.5
SEMb 1.8 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Meana 12.2 11.1 8.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.4
SEMb 30° 1.7 1.1 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Meana 11.2 15.1 11.8 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.8
SEMb 90° 1.8 1.2 2.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3

Data are given for each cadaver and each flexion angle, each for the intact and the absent ACL including the averaged deflections in each flexion angle with SEM

aArithmetic mean

bStandard error of mean