ArticleArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2022
Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction Does Not Delay Functional Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Return to Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Matched-Pair Analysis From the SANTI (Scientific ACL Network International) Study Group.
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- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Lateral Extra-Articular Procedures: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- How Are We Matching in ACL Reconstruction Research? A Systematic Review of Methods, Reporting, and Covariate Selection.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Review
- All-Inside Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using a Combined Polyester Synthetic Graft and Gracilis Tendon Autograft: Modified Technique of a Hybrid 4 × 2 Graft Preparation.Arthroscopy techniques · 2026Article
- Modified Combined Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction in 291 High-Level Athletes: Clinical Outcomes at Minimum 2.5-Year Follow-Up.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Suture-augmented anterior cruciate ligament repair leads to comparable short-term function but a modestly higher re-rupture risk than anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Review
- [Modified Lemaire procedure in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with highly positive pivot shift test].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025Article
- Influence of Extra-Articular Augmentation on Clinical Outcomes and Survival in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Pseudorandomized Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Greater return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction combined with anterolateral ligament reconstruction compared with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction alone: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Lateral extra-articular procedures combined with ACL reconstructions lead to a higher return to pre-injury level of sport: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Addition of anterolateral ligament reconstruction to primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction could benefit recovery of functional outcomes.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Comparison of ACL and Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction With Isolated ACL Reconstruction Using Hamstring Autograft: Outcomes in Young Female Patients With High-Grade Pivot Shift.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Combined ACL and ALL reconstruction reduces the rate of reoperation for graft failure or secondary meniscal lesions in young athletes.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis in Skeletally Immature Patients: The Modified Ellison Technique.Video journal of sports medicineArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo determine whether the addition of an anterolateral ligament reconstruction (ALLR) resulted in delayed functional recovery (based on the Knee Santy Athletic Return to Sport [K-STARTS] score) at 6 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).
methodsA retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from consecutive patients who underwent an ACLR between September 2017 and December 2020 was conducted. Patients who received an isolated hamstring autograft (isolated ACLR group) were propensity matched in a 1:1 ratio to patients who received a hamstring autograft ACLR combined with an ALLR (ACLR-ALLR group). Outcome measures included the Tegner Activity Scale and the K-STARTS test-a validated composite return-to-sports test (including the Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Return to Sport After Injury scale, Qualitative Assessment of Single-Leg Landing tool, limb symmetry index, and ability to change direction using the Modified Illinois Change of Direction Test).
resultsThe study included 111 matched pairs. At 6 months postoperatively, there were no significant differences between groups in the overall K-STARTS score (65.4 for isolated ACLR vs 61.2 for ACLR-ALLR,
conclusionsThe addition of ALLR at the time of ACLR does not delay functional recovery. Specifically, at 6 months postoperatively, there was no disadvantage in patients undergoing ALLR-ACLR, when compared with those undergoing isolated ACLR, with respect to neuromuscular control, limb symmetry indices (hop tests), agility, or psychological readiness to return to sport. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, retrospective comparative study.
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