ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2022
"I don't opt out of things because I think I will get a sore knee, but I don't expose myself to stupid risks either": patients' experiences of a second ACL injury-an interview study.
Article in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2022. 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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- Inferior Outcomes after Subsequent Revision or Contralateral ACL Reconstruction: A Cross-Sectional Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- "I found much more joy than I ever did as a player"- a qualitative study of the emotional journey of shattered dreams and new horizons with an ACL re-rupture in young active men.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Wrestling with a ghost: facing an opponent I can neither see nor clinch - the experience of professional wrestlers who have suffered an ACL injury.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- Clinically Relevant Subgroups Among Athletes Who Have Ruptured Their Anterior Cruciate Ligaments: A Delaware-Oslo Cohort Study.Arthritis care & research · 2023Article
- 'I was young, I wanted to return to sport, and re-ruptured my ACL' - young active female patients' voices on the experience of sustaining an ACL re-rupture, a qualitative study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this qualitative study was to describe women's experiences with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and a subsequent ACL rupture, and to identify potential facilitators and barriers for coping with rehabilitation after the second injury.
methodsEight women between 17 and 36 years (mean 26, SD 6.5) who had experienced ACLR, followed by another ACL rupture, participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
resultsOne overarching theme, "Rehabilitation after a second ACL injury-A lifelong adaptive coping process", emerged from analyses. Undergoing a second rehabilitation is described as a process of adaptation, beginning with the first injury and still ongoing, more than 5 years later. Participants applied different coping strategies to adapt to these life-altering injuries, but the common denominator was of major life adjustments with no return to previous activity levels. Initially, after the reinjury, it was about coping with the catastrophe of the dreaded second injury. Over time, they accepted their "new" life and reset their recovery/rehabilitation goal not just as "return to sport" but rather as a "personal life goal".
conclusionUndergoing a second ACL injury is a long process that challenges the patient's coping skills. Given these results, rehabilitation programs need to be more person centred according to the patients-adjusted life goals. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3:
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