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This retrospective study was done to determine if the use of these two tendons resulted in any significant loss of hamstring strength. Evaluation of quadriceps strength was also done as a measure of postoperative rehabilitation. Fifty-one patients with an average fol low-up time of 26.2 months were tested on the Cybex machine (Cybex Co., Ronkonkoma, New York) by two examiners using the same technique. The examiners had not participated in the surgery or rehabilitation of these patients. In the reconstructed knee in which both semitendinosus and gracilis were used, ham string strength was found to average 99% compared to the normal knee. When the semitendinosus alone was used there was no difference (102%) from the normal knee. Quadriceps strength in both groups averaged 96% in comparison to the normal quadri ceps. These results confirm that no significant loss of hamstring strength occurred when the semitendinosus and gracilis tendons were used to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament. 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