ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2021
Joint effusion at 6 months is a significant predictor of joint effusion 1 year after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Article in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Psychological Readiness and Kinesiophobia Are Not Associated With Effusion-Synovitis in Early Recovery After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Journal of sport rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Joint effusion after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Associations with higher postoperative physical activity, patella alta and increased quadriceps tension.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-detected effusion-synovitis is associated with greater limb loading rate asymmetry during walking post-ACL reconstruction: A pilot study.Osteoarthritis imaging · 2024Article
- Joint effusion at 3 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is associated with reinjury.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Automatic estimation of knee effusion from limited MRI data.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to assess the risk factors for prolonged joint effusion in patients undergoing double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).
methodsIn total, 160 patients who underwent primary ACLR using autograft hamstring between 2015 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Joint effusion was defined as any grade ≥ 2 (range, 0-3) according to the MRI Osteoarthritis Knee Score (MOAKS). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed.
resultsThe median age of the patients was 25 years (range 14-68 years) at the time of the surgery; there were 89 women and 71 men. At 1 year, 46 (28.8%) patients experienced knee joint effusion, as defined by the MOAKS. Univariate analysis revealed that age, preoperative Kellgren-Lawrence (K-L) grade, and joint effusion at 6 months were significantly associated with joint effusion at 1 year. In the multivariate analysis, joint effusion at 6 months was significantly associated with joint effusion at 1 year (odds ratio, 68.0; 95% confidence interval, 22.1-209.4). No significant difference in the Lysholm scores was observed between patients with and without joint effusion at 1 year (n.s.).
conclusionsJoint effusion at 6 months was significantly associated with joint effusion 1 year after ACLR. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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