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Published in final edited form as: Am J Sports Med. 2012 Nov 9;41(1):25–34. doi: 10.1177/0363546512464200

Table 4.

IKDC examination scores for the three experimental groups.

IKDC Score	Low-tension	High-tension	Controls
Pre-operative
A	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (96.7%)
B	27 (60.0%)	27 (64.3%)	2 (3.3%)
C	17 (37.8%)	13 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)
D	1 (2.2%)	2 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)
6-month
A	22 (56.4%)	19 (51.4%)	-
B	15 (38.5%)	17 (45.9%)	-
C	2 (5.1%)	1 (2.7%)	-
D	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	-
12-months
A	19 (52.8%)	16 (45.7%)	46 (95.8%)
B	13 (36.1%)	15 (42.9%)	2 (4.2%)
C	4 (11.1%)	4 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)
D	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0%)
36-months
A	20 (60.6%)	17 (53.1%)	32 (86.5%)
B	10 (30.3%)	11 (34.4%)	4 (10.8%)
C	3 (9.1%)	4 (12.5)	1 (2.7%)
D	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)