Factors Influencing Return to Play and Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Rates in Level 1 Athletes After Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: 2-Year Follow-up on 1432 Reconstructions at a Single Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the importance of return-to-play (RTP) rates, second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rates, and patient-reported outcomes of athletes returning to sports after ACL reconstruction (ACLR), these outcomes have not been evaluated together across a single cohort nor the pre- and intraoperative factors influencing outcomes explored.

Purpose

To prospectively report outcomes after ACLR relating to RTP, second ACL injury, and International Knee Document Committee (IKDC) scores in a large cohort of athletes at a single center to examine the influence of pre- and intraoperative variables on these outcomes.

Design

Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

A consecutive cohort of 1432 athletes undergoing primary ACLR by 2 orthopaedic surgeons wa

SUBMITTER: King E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893516 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature