Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39927317›Full record

ArticleActa ortopedica brasileira2025

RETURN TO SPORTS FOLLOWING KNEE OSTEOTOMY IN COMPETITIVE ATHLETES - CASE SERIES.

Daniel Meirelles, Alexandre Carneiro Bitar, Caio D'Elia, Guilherme Garofo, Alberto Terrível, Wagner Castropil

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Acta ortopedica brasileira, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Daniel MeirellesInstituto Vita, Department of Sports Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3087-0405
Alexandre Carneiro BitarInstituto Vita, Department of Sports Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5156-8144
Caio D'EliaInstituto Vita, Department of Sports Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4446-5219
Guilherme GarofoInstituto Vita, Department of Sports Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1598-1222
Alberto TerrívelInstituto Vita, Department of Sports Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0303-5685
Wagner CastropilInstituto Vita, Department of Sports Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8762-450X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To analyze the return to the sport and the level of sports practice in a longitudinal cohort of athletes treated with osteotomy around the knee. Methods: Active athletes who underwent osteotomy or knee surgery to treat knee osteoarthritis were included, and their data was collected retrospectively. The primary outcomes were maximum physical activity level before and after the surgery (Tegner score), time to return to maximum activities and reoperation. Results: Twenty athletes with a mean age of 33 years at the time of surgery (standard deviation 8.9 (SD)) and with a mean follow-up of 9.8 years (SD 4) were included. The mean maximum Tegner score achieved before surgery was 8.6 (SD 1.4). Nineteen patients returned to sports (95%), and 13 returned to the same prior level (65%). The median time to return to the maximum level was 13 months (mean 17.9, SD 12.4). The mean maximum postoperative Tegner score was 7.5 (SD 2.0), slightly lower than the maximum achieved before surgery (mean difference:1.1, CI:0.2-1.9, P=0.026). Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that, after osteotomies around the knee, athletes present a high rate of return to sports activities, with most returning at the same level as before the surgery.

Indexed as

AthletesKneeOsteotomyReturn to SportSports

Identifiers

PMID39927317
PMCPMC11801216

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.