Is it worth to perform initial non-operative treatment for patients with acute ACL injury?: a prospective cohort prognostic study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the result of implementing an initial non-operative treatment program for an acute ACL injury and to find if the timing of initiating the non-operative treatment is significant.

Methods

This study included a prospective cohort of 85 consecutive patients with acute ACL injury who were treated according to the above strategy for the initial 3 months with 1-year follow-up. Clinical evaluations were made by Lysholm score, Tegner activity score, Lachman test (LT), pivot-shit test (PST), and the side to side difference (SSD) by KT-2000 arthrometer. The results were analyzed according to the timing of initiating the non-operative treatment.

Results

Initially, 84% of the patients showed LT and PST ≤ grade 1, and 16% with ≥grade 2. At 1-year follow-up, 77 p

SUBMITTER: Park YG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8025569 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature