ArticleArchives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery2017
Beneficial and limiting factors for return to work following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a retrospective cohort study.
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- Impact of Occupation on 12-Month Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Male Patients.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Returning Athletes to Sports Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2022Review
- Return to work following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Acta orthopaedica · 2022Article
- Patients return to sports and to work after successful treatment of septic arthritis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
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- Osteoprotegerin/bone morphogenetic protein 2 combining with collagen sponges on tendon-bone healing in rabbits.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2020Article
- ACL reconstruction using a bone patellar tendon bone (BPTB) allograft or a hamstring tendon autograft (GST): a single-center comparative study.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeEvidence-based advice for return to work (RTW) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is not available. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to determine when patients achieve full RTW, and to explore the beneficial and limiting factors for fully RTW after ACL reconstruction.
methodsA retrospective cohort study was performed after ACL reconstruction among 185 patients in one hospital. Data from patient files and a questionnaire were used to explore whether patient-, injury-, surgery-, sports-, work- and rehabilitation-related factors are beneficial or limiting for fully RTW after ACL reconstruction, using a backward stepwise logistic regression analysis.
resultsOf the 125 (68%) patients that returned the questionnaire, 36 were not part of the working population. Of the remaining 89 patients, 82 patients (92%) had returned fully to work at follow-up. The median time to fully RTW was 78 days. In the final regression model, which explained 29% of the variance, a significant OR of 5.4 (90% CI 2.2-13.1) for RTW > 78 days was observed for patients performing heavy knee-demanding work compared to patients performing light knee-demanding work. In addition, a significant and positive OR (1.6, 90% CI 1.2-1.9) for the number of weeks walking with the aid of crutches for RTW > 78 days was observed in the final model.
conclusionAfter ACL reconstruction, 92% of the patients fully return to work at a median time of 78 days. The significant predictors for fully RTW > 78 days are performing heavy knee-demanding work and a longer period of walking aided with crutches after ACL reconstruction.
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