Table 1.
Structure | Parameter | Injured Limb | Uninjured Limb | ||||
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Pre‐Surgery | Post‐Return to Sports | Follow‐Up | Pre‐Surgery | Post‐Return to Sports | Follow‐Up | ||
Semitendinosus | |||||||
Muscle | Volume | 271.83 | 115.75 | 56.08 | 314.08 | 296.28 | 301.47 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 15.74 | 11.88 | 4.84 | 17.49 | 16.13 | 14.90 | |
Length | 36.30 | 24.85 | 22.86 | 34.57 | 33.80 | 35.70 | |
Tendon | Volume | 1.31 | 1.24 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 1.59 | 3.68 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.35 | |
Length | 27.63 | 8.14 | 0.00 | 27.19 | 18.23 | 17.80 | |
Gracilis | |||||||
Muscle | Volume | 96.35 | 71.40 | 43.76 | 87.16 | 71.40 | 86.94 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 4.83 | 3.19 | 2.88 | 3.80 | 3.19 | 3.60 | |
Length | 33.27 | 24.72 | 19.00 | 33.36 | 33.73 | 32.49 | |
Tendon | Volume | 1.15 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 1.30 | 2.74 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.40 | |
Length | 11.35 | 8.20 | 0.00 | 12.21 | 11.86 | 14.52 | |
Semimembranosus | |||||||
Muscle | Volume | 173.64 | 165.86 | 215.65 | 198.83 | 177.85 | 187.76 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 9.77 | 9.49 | 12.15 | 11.46 | 10.75 | 11.08 | |
Biceps femoris (long) | |||||||
Muscle | Volume | 181.98 | 192.59 | 224.73 | 182.25 | 189.10 | 203.40 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 10.94 | 11.78 | 13.94 | 12.06 | 12.25 | 12.30 | |
Biceps femoris (short) | |||||||
Muscle | Volume | 104.95 | 116.19 | 142.36 | 106.11 | 106.92 | 112.89 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 7.46 | 8.06 | 8.34 | 7.45 | 7.60 | 8.12 | |
Sartorius | |||||||
Muscle | Volume | 133.15 | 133.59 | 182.54 | 142.12 | 132.21 | 170.41 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 3.87 | 4.30 | 4.93 | 4.35 | 4.03 | 4.48 | |
Hamstrings+Gracilis+Sartorius | |||||||
Muscle | Volume | 961.90 | 773.83 | 865.12 | 1030.55 | 973.76 | 1062.87 |
Peak cross‐sectional area | 52.61 | 49.01 | 47.08 | 56.61 | 53.95 | 54.48 |
Units: volume (cm3), peak cross‐sectional area (cm2), and length (cm).