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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Sports Med. 2019 Nov 5;47(14):3347–3355. doi: 10.1177/0363546519886260

TABLE 1.

Summary of Continuous Measurements Obtained at the Time of the First ACL Injury (n = 55)a

Mean SD Minimum Maximum
Patient Characteristics
 Height, cm 167.8 6.74 154.9 180.3
 Weight, kg 65.9 9.65 50.3 90.7
 BMI, kg/m2 23.3 2.66 19.3 30.4
 Age at first ACL injury, y 17.1 2.14 13 21
 Age at final follow-up, y 20.28 2.67 15.18 25.21
 Follow-up interval, mo 41.0 15.9 7.3 71.5
 Hours/week participating in sport 9.35 6.37 2 48
 Years of sport participation 7.76 3.67 1 16
LE alignment
 Standing quadriceps angle, deg 11.7 4.24 0 20
 Tibiofemoral angle, deg 10.3 3.44 4 19
 Navicular drop, mm 8.73 3.93 1.85 19.6
 Pelvic angle, deg 6.25 4.46 −5 17
 Tibial torsion, deg 12.9 4.81 0 25
 Hip anteversion, deg 8.45 4.63 −8 19
 Hamstring extensibility, deg 15.2 10.2 −11 41
 Genu recurvatum (active), deg −8.45 4.4 −19 0
 Genu recurvatum (passive), deg −9.49 4.59 −21 −1
 Tibial length, cm 37.3 2.11 33.3 43
 Femur length, cm 43.6 2.56 38.3 48.6
Joint laxity
 AP displacement, mm 14.95 2.91 8.65 22.28
 Posterior stiffness, N/mm 22.67 3.76 12.76 30.96
 Anterior stiffness, N/mm 19.1 19.08 10.63 31.61
 Beighton score 3.29 2.56 0 9
Strength, Nm
 Hip flexion 129.7 29.9 37.9 214
 Hip extension 118.2 32.1 64.7 221.9
 Hip abduction 120.2 25.7 65.6 170.8
 Hip adduction 123.1 22.1 85.8 172.5
 Hip internal rotation 19.2 5.03 10.8 32.5
 Hip external rotation 21.5 5.03 13.6 36.6
 Knee flexion 15° 77.8 19.6 35.1 114.8
 Knee flexion 30° 69.1 19.8 27.1 110.4
 Knee extension 15° 87.6 32.7 26.9 190.3
 Knee extension 30° 128.8 32.4 74.5 203.5
 Trunk flexion 112 30.1 39.3 185.7
 Trunk extension 133.6 37 33.9 231.8
 Ankle dorsiflexion 26.7 11.5 11.3 82.9
 Ankle plantarflexion 83.2 23 23.2 126.8
Personality
 Novelty seeking 60.7 10.5 43 92
 Harm avoidance 51.4 11.3 27 78
 Reward dependence 71.6 9.21 42 90
 Persistence 75.9 10.9 47 95
 Self-directedness 74.4 11.4 43 93
 Cooperativeness 79 9.13 58 93
 Self-transcendence 43 9.33 21 67
a

ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; AP, anteroposterior; BMI, body mass index; LE, lower extremity.