ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2022
Greater proportion of patients report an acceptable symptom state after ACL reconstruction compared with non-surgical treatment: a 10-year follow-up from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Registry.
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- Transitioning between medical equipment suppliers does not affect ACL reconstruction outcomes in a high-volume setting.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Decision-making in return to sport clearance after ACL reconstruction is primarily based on objective criteria: Insights from AGA knee experts.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation alone after anterior cruciate ligament injury yields greater limb symmetry but lower knee related self-efficacy without limiting return to preinjury activity level.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Failure to Achieve the Patient Acceptable Symptom State 2 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Reflects Poor Knee Loading Patterns.The American journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Establishing Threshold Values for the Patient Acceptable Symptom State After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction for the Self Knee Value and the Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Return to Sport after Injury Scale.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Long-term Effects of Concomitant Lateral Meniscal Management on ACL Reconstruction Revision Rate and Secondary Meniscal and Cartilaginous Injuries.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- The impact of bone channel entrance selection within the footprint region of the femoral anterior cruciate ligament on the achievement of near isometric ACL reconstruction in rabbits.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Importance of Return to Sports and Hamstring Strength in a Discrete Choice Experiment for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Factors Affecting Outcomes and Complications of Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Retrospective Study of 110 Patients.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear: Individualized Indications for Non-Operative Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Return to Work After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Review
- Patient Acceptable Symptom State Thresholds for IKDC-SKF and KOOS at the 10-Year Follow-up After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Study From the Delaware-Oslo ACL Cohort.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- MCID and PASS in Knee Surgeries. Theoretical Aspects and Clinical Relevance References.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Review
- Effect of a new remnant-preserving technique with anatomical double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on MRI-based graft maturity: a comparison cohort study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- When ACL reconstruction does not help: risk factors associated with not achieving the minimal important change for the KOOS Sport/Rec and QoL.British journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- When context creates uncertainty: experiences of patients who choose rehabilitation as a treatment after an ACL injury.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2023Article
- Scoping Review on ACL Surgery and Registry Data.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo compare the proportion of patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury reporting an acceptable symptom state, between non-surgical and surgical treatment during a 10-year follow-up.
methodsData were extracted from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Registry. Exceeding the Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) for the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) was the primary outcome. The PASS and KOOS
resultsThe non-surgical group consisted of 982 patients, who were each matched against 9 patients treated with ACL reconstruction (n=8,838). A greater proportion of patients treated with ACL reconstruction exceeded the PASS in KOOS pain, ADL, sports and recreation, and quality of life compared with patients treated non-surgically at all follow-ups. With respect to quality of life, significantly more patients undergoing ACL reconstruction achieved a PASS compared with patients receiving non-surgical treatment at all follow-ups except at baseline, with differences ranging between 11% and 25%; 1 year -25.4 (-29.1; -21.7), 2 years -16.9 (-21.2; -12.5), 5 years -11.0 (-16.9; -5.1) and 10 years -24.8 (-36.0; -13.6). The ACL-reconstructed group also reported statistically greater KOOS
conclusionA greater proportion of patients treated with ACL reconstruction report acceptable knee function, including higher quality of life than patients treated non-surgically at cross-sectional follow-ups up to 10 years after the treatment of an ACL injury.
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