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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Sports Med. 2021 Feb 22;49(4):918–927. doi: 10.1177/0363546520988018

TABLE 5.

Biomechanical Differences on the ACLR Side Between the RI and NRI Groupsa

RI Group
NRI Group
Variable Start, % End, % Mean ± SD 95% CI Mean ± SD 95% CI P Value Effect Size

Double-leg drop jump
 Knee flexion angle, deg 9 22 52.7 ± 9.7 49.0 to 56.4 47.2 ± 7.1 45.3 to 49.0 .030 0.64
 COM to ankle vertical distance, mm/BH 9 29 0.42 ± 0.02 0.41 to 0.43 0.43 ± 0.02 0.42 to 0.44 .027 0.64
49 74 0.40 ± 0.03 0.39 to 0.41 0.42 ± 0.02 0.41 to 0.43 .017 0.59
 Ground contact time, s 0.31 ± 0.09 0.27 to 0.34 0.26 ± 0.05 0.25 to 0.28 .021 0.52
Planned CoD
 COM to knee posterior, mm 0 12 −11.1 ± 60.3 −34.1 to 11.8 −60.1 ± 72.5 −79.3 to −40.8 .025 0.66
26 34 18.9 ± 56.9 −2.7 to 40.5 −23.3 ± 66.2 −40.9 to −5.8 .037 0.63
54 63 66.1 ± 62.2 42.4 to 89.7 15.8 ± 74.1 −3.8 to 35.5 .033 0.67
82 93 163 ± 68.4 137.1 to 189.1 112.6 ± 80.1 91.4 to 133.9 .028 0.62
Unplanned CoD
 Anterior pelvic tilt, deg 42 90 2.1 ± 7.0 −0.7 to 4.8 7.0 ± 7.4 5.1 to 9.0 .009 0.63
a

ACLR, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; BH, body height; CoD, change of direction; COM, center of mass; NRI, no reinjury; RI, reinjury.