Improvement Trajectories in Patient-Reported Outcomes Between Males and Females After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are used to track recovery and inform clinical decision-making after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Whether sex influences the trajectory of improvements in PROs over time post-ACLR remains unclear.

Objectives

To (1) examine the effect of sex on the association between months post-ACLR and Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Quality of Life (QOL) scores in individuals with ACLR and (2) assess sex differences in the KOOS QOL score at selected timepoints post-ACLR.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Laboratory.

Patients or other participants

A total of 133 females (20± 3 years) and 85 males (22 ± 4 years) within 6 to 60 months of primary, unilateral ACLR.

Main outcome measure

SUBMITTER: Bjornsen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11220900 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature