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One hundred forty-five pediatric athletes (76 female; age 15.0, range 7\u201321 years) with recent (3\u201318 months) unilateral ACLR performed drop-jump landing and 45\u00b0 cutting with 3D motion capture. Knee extensor mechanism function (maximum knee flexion angle, maximum internal knee extensor moment, energy absorption at knee) during the loading phase (foot contact to peak knee flexion) was compared among graft types (20 IT, 29 HT, 39 QT, 57 PT) and sides (ACLR or contralateral) using linear mixed models with sex, age, and time since surgery as covariates. Overall, knee flexion was significantly lower on the operated vs. contralateral side for HT, QT, and PT during both tasks (p &lt; 0.03). All graft types exhibited lower knee extensor moments and energy absorption on the operated side during both movements (p \u2264 0.001). Kinetic asymmetry was significantly lower for IT compared with QT and PT during both movements (p \u2264 0.005), and similar patterns were observed for HT vs. QT and PT (p \u2264 0.07). Asymmetry was similar between IT and HT and between QT and PT. This study found that knee extensor mechanism function recovers fastest in pediatric ACLR patients with IT autografts, followed by HT, in comparison to QT and PT, suggesting that IT is a viable option for returning young athletes to play after ACLR.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18147492","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]],"date-time":"2021-07-14T10:13:42Z","timestamp":1626257622000},"page":"7492","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Iliotibial Band Autograft Provides the Fastest Recovery of Knee Extensor Mechanism Function in Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1032-1767","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tishya L.","family":"Wren","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Orthopaedic Center, Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Veronica","family":"Beltran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Orthopaedic Center, Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mia J.","family":"Katzel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Orthopaedic Center, Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adriana S.","family":"Conrad-Forrest","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Orthopaedic Center, Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Curtis D.","family":"VandenBerg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Orthopaedic Center, Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Shaw, L., and Finch, C.F. 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