Goal

• To analyze graft properties, such as placement and orientation, on gait parameters

Major Findings

• Coronal ACL graft angle significantly influences gait mechanics, with a negative correlation to the peak external knee flexion moment.
• Knee flexion moment is reduced more with greater vertical the graft placement (less anatomical), which suggests patients with more vertical graft placements may adopt a quadriceps avoidance gait.

Representative Publications

• Graft orientation influences the knee flexion moment during walking in patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
  Scanlan SF, Blazek K, Chaudhari AM, Safran MR, Andriacchi TP. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Nov;37(11):2173-8.
• Scanlan S, Lai J, Andriacchi T. Side-to-Side Differences in ACL Insertion Anatomy in Healthy Subjects and ACL Reconstructed Patients, the 56th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 6-9, 2010.

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