Quality of Life Following ACL Reconstruction: Baseline Predictors of Patient-Reported Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: The study by Dunn et al., "Baseline Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A longitudinal analysis of a multicenter cohort at two and six years," evaluates patient factors that are predictive of outcomes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The current review critically analyzes the findings of this study in light of the current body of literature on the subject and assesses its contribution to the development of evidence-based guidelines. The authors' primary endpoint, the Short Form-36 (SF-36), is used ubiquitously in health care research and allows their results to be compared across different disease states and studies. Despite its widespread use, the SF-36 has been shown to be sensitive to outcomes following anteri

SUBMITTER: Johnson CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4733690 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature