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Patients who underwent ACLR with HT autograft and performed (a) seated isokinetic concentric knee flexion (Biodex), (b) Nordic hamstring exercise (NordBord), (c) prone isometric 90\u00b0 knee flexion with dorsiflexion (ISO90 DF) and (d) plantar flexion (ISO90 PF)\u2009\u2265\u20094 months after ACLR were included. The primary analysis was the cross\u2010sectional pairwise comparison of limb symmetry index (LSI) using a paired\u2010samples\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      test. The secondary analysis compared the\u00a0proportion of patients achieving an LSI\u2009\u2265\u200990% in each testing modality using McNemar's test. Comparisons with a control group consisting of patients with patellar tendon and quadriceps tendon autografts were performed using an independent\u2010samples\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      test and Fisher's exact test, respectively. Statistical significance was set at\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 101 patients were included, including a control group (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200933). Patients with HT autograft had a mean age of 25\u2009\u00b1\u20098 years, with the most common follow\u2010up time being 12 months. Knee flexion strength in the Biodex displayed the LSI closest to symmetry (98.4%). The mean difference was 43.9%\u2009\u00b1\u200916.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] [39.9; 47.8%],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001,\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092.62 95% CI [2.1; 3.1]) compared to the LSI of the prone ISO90 PF. Fifty\u2010seven (80%) patients passed the \u226590% cut\u2010off in LSI for the Biodex test, while only 2 (3%) patients passed the prone ISO90 PF. The HT autograft group demonstrated lower LSI with the NordBord, ISO90 DF and ISO90 PF (\n                      <jats:italic>\u0394<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009\u221212.2 to \u221237.4%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001 to &lt;0.001) compared with the control group.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Knee flexion strength LSI varied substantially across the four test modalities in patients with HT autograft, highlighting the need to consider the hip, knee and ankle positions when evaluating knee flexion strength recovery after ACLR in patients with HT autograft.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Level II, prospective comparative 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