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Evidence suggests that knee injury may precipitate hip and ankle muscle weakness, but few data support this contention after ACL injury and reconstruction.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title><jats:p>To determine if hip, knee, and ankle muscle weakness present after ACL injury and after rehabilitation for ACL reconstruction.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Case-control study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title><jats:p>University research laboratory.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Patients or Other Participants:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fifteen individuals with ACL injury (8 males, 7 females; age = 20.27 \u00b1 5.38 years, height = 1.75 \u00b1 0.10 m, mass = 74.39 \u00b1 13.26 kg) and 15 control individuals (7 men, 8 women; age = 24.73 \u00b1 3.37 years, height = 1.75 \u00b1 0.09 m, mass = 73.25 \u00b1 13.48 kg).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Intervention(s):<\/jats:title><jats:p>Bilateral concentric strength was assessed at 60\u00b0\/s on an isokinetic dynamometer. The participants with ACL injury were tested preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively. Control participants were tested on 1 occasion.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcome Measures:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Hip-flexor, -extensor, -abductor, and -adductor; knee-extensor and -flexor; and ankle\u2013plantar-flexor and -dorsiflexor strength (Nm\/kg).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The ACL-injured participants demonstrated greater hip-extensor (percentage difference = 19.7, F1,14 = 7.28, P = .02) and -adductor (percentage difference = 16.3, F1,14 = 6.15, P = .03) weakness preoperatively than postoperatively, regardless of limb, and greater postoperative hip-adductor strength (percentage difference = 29.0, F1,28 = 10.66, P = .003) than control participants. Knee-extensor and -flexor strength were lower in the injured than in the uninjured limb preoperatively and postoperatively (extensor percentage difference = 34.6 preoperatively and 32.6 postoperatively, t14 range = \u22124.59 to \u22124.23, P \u2264 .001; flexor percentage difference = 30.6 preoperatively and 10.6 postoperatively, t14 range = \u22126.05 to \u22123.24, P &amp;lt; .05) with greater knee-flexor (percentage difference = 25.3, t14 = \u22124.65, P &amp;lt; .001) weakness preoperatively in the injured limb of ACL-injured participants. The ACL-injured participants had less injured limb knee-extensor (percentage difference = 32.0, t28 = \u22122.84, P = .008) and -flexor (percentage difference = 24.0, t28 = \u22122.44, P = .02) strength preoperatively but not postoperatively (extensor: t28 = \u22121.79, P = .08; flexor: t28 = 0.57, P = .58) than control participants. Ankle\u2013plantar-flexor weakness was greater preoperatively than postoperatively in the ACL-injured limb (percentage difference = 31.9, t14 = \u22123.20, P = .006).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The ACL-injured participants presented with hip-extensor, -adductor, and ankle\u2013plantar-flexor weakness that appeared to be countered during postoperative rehabilitation. Our results confirmed previous findings suggesting greater knee-extensor and -flexor weakness postoperatively in the injured limb than the uninjured limb. The knee extensors and flexors are important dynamic stabilizers; weakness in these muscles could impair knee joint stability. 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