Lead Sponsor

Haute Ecole ARC Sante

Age

18 - 40 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

•Post-Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Cohort:
•Age between 18 and 40 years
•Primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a hamstring tendon autograft
•Assessment performed between 5 and 7 months post-surgery
•Completion of standard postoperative rehabilitation
•Medical clearance for functional testing
•Ability to perform maximal effort jumping and strength testing
•Healthy Control Cohort:
•Age between 18 and 40 years
•Recreationally active (minimum two sessions of physical activity per week)
•No history of anterior cruciate ligament injury
•No lower limb surgery
•No lower extremity injury within the past 12 months
•No current knee pain or functional limitation

•Previous anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on either knee (except the index surgery for the ACL group)
•Concomitant ligament reconstruction (e.g., posterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, lateral collateral ligament)
•Symptomatic meniscal repair limiting full participation in testing
•Neurological disorders affecting lower limb function
•Inflammatory joint disease
•Pregnancy
•Inability to perform maximal effort testing