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Change in Meniscal Strain with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and After Reconstruction

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Section of Sports Medicine and Biomechanics Laboratory, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, Alabama

* Address correspondence and reprint requests to Albert W. Pearsall IV, MD, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Alabama Medical Center, 2451 Fillingim Street, Mobile, AL 36617-2293

Meniscal injury has been well documented in association with injury to the anterior cruciate ligament. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of anterior cruciate ligament transection and reconstruction on meniscal strain. Four differential variable reluctance transducer strain gauges were placed in the medial and lateral menisci of nine cadaveric knees. Each specimen was mounted to a six-degree-of-freedom knee testing device. Testing was conducted with the knee fully extended and at 45° and 90° of flexion, both with and without applied axial load. At each angle of flexion, an anterior and posterior tibial load was applied. Next, the anterior cruciate ligament was transected and the testing sequence was repeated. Finally, the ligament was reconstructed using a central one-third patellar tendon graft and the testing sequence was repeated. The results demonstrated statistically significant increases in meniscal strain in ligament-transected knees compared with intact specimens. A reduction in meniscal strain to a level similar to that detected in the ligament-intact knees was observed after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. These results have important clinical implications regarding the potentially deleterious effect of the anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee on meniscal strain and the potential benefit of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

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