Background: When planning rehabilitation and conditioning for performance enhancement and a return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, identifying the elements of physical function associated with one-leg hop is important. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between one-leg hop distances in 3 directions and knee extensor and flexor strengths at 6 months after reconstruction.
Methods: Participants were 47 patients taking part in training sessions for sports involving cutting, pivoting, and jump-landing 6 months after reconstruction using a hamstring tendon. Demographics, activity scale score, days before and after reconstruction, and meniscus surgery procedure were analyzed. One-leg hop distances in 3 directions (anterior, lateral, and medial) and isokinetic strengths of knee extension and flexion were measured. Simple regression analyses using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were performed to assess relationships between one-leg hop distances and knee strengths.
Results: In the involved limb, correlations between one-leg hop distance in 3 directions and knee strengths were significant and effect sizes ranged from medium to large. Correlation coefficients between all one-leg hop parameters and knee extension/flexion strengths at an angular velocity of 180°/s were greater than those of 60°/s.
Conclusions: Knee strength showed moderate to high associations with lateral and medial one-leg hop distances in addition to anterior one-leg hop distance. The results of this study will be useful in planning and teaching conditioning to improve multi-directional one-legged hop skills and improve knee strength for a full-scale return to sports after reconstruction.

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Posted 25 Nov, 2020
On 06 Jan, 2021
Received 11 Dec, 2020
On 03 Dec, 2020
On 29 Nov, 2020
Invitations sent on 23 Nov, 2020
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On 23 Nov, 2020
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Posted 25 Nov, 2020
On 06 Jan, 2021
Received 11 Dec, 2020
On 03 Dec, 2020
On 29 Nov, 2020
Invitations sent on 23 Nov, 2020
On 23 Nov, 2020
On 23 Nov, 2020
On 23 Nov, 2020
On 19 Nov, 2020
Background: When planning rehabilitation and conditioning for performance enhancement and a return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, identifying the elements of physical function associated with one-leg hop is important. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between one-leg hop distances in 3 directions and knee extensor and flexor strengths at 6 months after reconstruction.
Methods: Participants were 47 patients taking part in training sessions for sports involving cutting, pivoting, and jump-landing 6 months after reconstruction using a hamstring tendon. Demographics, activity scale score, days before and after reconstruction, and meniscus surgery procedure were analyzed. One-leg hop distances in 3 directions (anterior, lateral, and medial) and isokinetic strengths of knee extension and flexion were measured. Simple regression analyses using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were performed to assess relationships between one-leg hop distances and knee strengths.
Results: In the involved limb, correlations between one-leg hop distance in 3 directions and knee strengths were significant and effect sizes ranged from medium to large. Correlation coefficients between all one-leg hop parameters and knee extension/flexion strengths at an angular velocity of 180°/s were greater than those of 60°/s.
Conclusions: Knee strength showed moderate to high associations with lateral and medial one-leg hop distances in addition to anterior one-leg hop distance. The results of this study will be useful in planning and teaching conditioning to improve multi-directional one-legged hop skills and improve knee strength for a full-scale return to sports after reconstruction.

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