Table 3.
Normalized peak torque (Nm·kg−1) | |||||||||||
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Studied muscle group | Angular velocity | Group ST involved leg | Group STGR involved leg | Control group right leg | p | Control group left leg | p | ||||
x | SD | x | SD | x | SD | x | SD | ||||
IR muscles | 60°/s | 0.49 | 0.11 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.10 | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.44 |
180°/s | 0.41 | 0.09 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.07 | 0.80 | |
ER muscles | 60°/s | 0.47 | 0.07 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.78 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.78 |
180°/s | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 0.57 |
Group ST – patients who underwent ACL reconstruction with a semitendinosus graft; Group STGR – patients who underwent ACL reconstruction with a combined semitendinosus and gracilis graft; IR – internal shin rotation; ER – external shin rotation; p – significance level; x – mean; SD – standard deviation.