Risk Factors for Concomitant Meniscal Injury With Sport-Related Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies of concomitant meniscal injury in athletes with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury have examined age, sex, body mass index (BMI), injury mechanism, and time from injury to surgery as potential risk factors.

Purpose

To identify additional risk factors for concomitant meniscal injury, including preinjury joint laxity and lower extremity alignment, in athletes with sport-related ACL injury.

Study design

Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

This study included 180 participants aged 13 to 26 years who underwent ACL reconstruction (ACLR) after a first-time ACL injury sustained during participation in sport. Contralateral lower extremity alignment and joint laxity were used as surrogate measures for the injured knee bef

SUBMITTER: Reist H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10492489 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature