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Old 07-10-10 | 10:47 AM
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brbbiking
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Originally Posted by tadawdy
In a biomechanics class, we had a guest lecturer who works with a group of surgeons who have tried every type of ACL reconstruction over the last few decades. I asked him the same question about taking the semitendinosis and semimembranosus tendons...essentially, they don't really know, but people lose about 10% of their knee flexion strength.
I can attest to this.. I'm at about 3-4 years out from ACL reconstruction using a hamstring graft, and I'm probably at least 20% weaker on that leg (when doing a leg curl or something similar).
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