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Observational studyKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2018

Weak associations between body mass index and self-reported disability in people with unilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Brian Pietrosimone, Christopher Kuenze, Joseph M Hart, Charles Thigpen, Adam S Lepley, J Troy Blackburn, Darin A Padua, Terry Grindstaff, Hope Davis, David Bell

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Observational study in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Steep tibial slope correlates with inferior patient‑reported knee function independent of tunnel widening.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026
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  4. No effect of graft size or body mass index on risk of revision after ACL reconstruction using hamstrings autograft.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Brian PietrosimoneDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fetzer Hall, 210 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA. brian@unc.edu.
Christopher KuenzeDepartment of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, IM Sports Circle Building, 308 W. Circle Drive, Room 134, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Joseph M HartDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Virginia, 405 Emmet Street, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA.
Charles ThigpenATI Physical Therapy, 200 Patewood Dr, Ste C150, Greenville, SC, 29615, USA.
Adam S LepleyDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, 2095 Hillside Rd, U-1110, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
J Troy BlackburnDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fetzer Hall, 210 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
Darin A PaduaDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fetzer Hall, 210 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
Terry GrindstaffDepartment of Physical Therapy, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE, 68178, USA.
Hope DavisDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fetzer Hall, 210 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
David BellDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

Funding

Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis: Establishing a Comprehensive Evaluation StrategyR03AR066840 · NIAMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PIETROSIMONE, BRIAN · 2015 to 2016
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National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and Education Foundation #14NewInv001National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases 1R03AR066840-01A1U.S. Department of Defense (US) MR140103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose and hypothesisIndividuals with an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are susceptible to persistent disability, weight gain and the development of knee osteoarthritis. It remains unclear whether body mass index (BMI) is a factor that influences disability following ACLR. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between BMI and self-reported disability [International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Index] in individuals with a unilateral ACLR. We hypothesized that lower BMI would associate with higher IKDC.

methodsBMI and IKDC were measured in 668 individuals with a unilateral ACLR (60.9% female, BMI 24.4 ± 3.7 kg/m

resultsLower BMI associated with higher IKDC (r = -0.08, P = 0.04). For the entire sample, BMI did not uniquely predict variance in IKDC (ΔR

conclusionsThere was a significant but negligible correlation between lower BMI and lesser disability in individuals with unilateral ACLR and individuals who are underweight or of normal BMI demonstrated higher odds of achieving population average IKDC scores compared to overweight or obese individuals. While an overall association was found between lower BMI and lesser disability, the magnitude of the association remains negligible; therefore, BMI was not a strong clinical predictor of successful ACLR outcomes in this cohort of patients with unilateral ACLR. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Cross-sectional prognostic study, Level II.

Indexed as

Body Mass IndexDisability EvaluationSelf ReportAnterior Cruciate Ligament InjuriesAnterior Cruciate Ligament ReconstructionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansKnee JointMalePatellar LigamentPrognosisRange of Motion, ArticularTransplantation, AutologousYoung AdultInternational Knee Documentation Committee IndexKneeObesityOsteoarthritis

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PMID28849248

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