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Almeida A, Valin MR, Ferreira R, et al. Correlation between the result from arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee and the return to sports activity. Rev Bras Ortop. 2014;49(3):240-4doi: 10.1016/j.rboe.2014.02.006.
Almeida, A., Valin, M. R., Ferreira, R., de Almeida, N. C., & Agostini, A. P. (2014). Correlation between the result from arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee and the return to sports activity. Revista brasileira de ortopedia, 49(3), 240-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2014.02.006
Almeida, Alexandre, et al. "Correlation between the result from arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee and the return to sports activity." Revista brasileira de ortopedia vol. 49,3 (2014): 240-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2014.02.006
Almeida A, Valin MR, Ferreira R, de Almeida NC, Agostini AP. Correlation between the result from arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee and the return to sports activity. Rev Bras Ortop. 2014 Mar 14;49(3):240-4. doi: 10.1016/j.rboe.2014.02.006. eCollection 2014. PMID: 26229807; PMCID: PMC4511682.
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Rev Bras Ortop. 2014 Mar 14;49(3):240-4. doi: 10.1016/j.rboe.2014.02.006. eCollection 2014.

Correlation between the result from arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee and the return to sports activity.

Revista brasileira de ortopedia

Alexandre Almeida, Márcio Rangel Valin, Ramon Ferreira, Nayvaldo Couto de Almeida, Ana Paula Agostini

Affiliations

  1. Hospital Saúde de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, F4, Brazil.

PMID: 26229807 PMCID: PMC4511682 DOI: 10.1016/j.rboe.2014.02.006

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the return to pre-injury sports activity in a group of patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, in relation to age, sex, body mass index (BMI) and associations with upper-limb fractures.

METHODS: A group of 265 patients who underwent ACL reconstruction using an ipsilateral graft from the thigh flexor tendons, between July 2000 and November 2007, was analyzed.

RESULTS: A total of 176 patients was evaluated after a mean period of 34.95 ± 18.8 months (median: 31 months) (interquartile range: 20-48 months). The minimum evaluation period was 12 months and the maximum was 87 months. The number of patients who returned to their sports activity prior to tearing the ACL was 121/176 (68.8%). Patients under 30 years of age more frequently returned to sports activity and this was considered significant: p = 0.016; odds ratio, OR = 0.44 (95% confidence interval, CI: 0.22-0.86). Returning to previous sports activity more frequently was not considered significant for male sex (p = 0.273), individuals with BMI < 25 (p = 0.280) or patients with an ACL injury unrelated to an initial traumatic episode with upper-limb fracturing (p = 0.353).

CONCLUSIONS: The rate of return to the sports activity prior to ACL injury was 68.8%. It was found that patients under the age of 30 years had a significantly greater rate of return to sports activity after the surgery. In relation to sex, BMI and association with an initial traumatic episode of upper-limb fracturing, there was no statistical difference in the return to sports activity.

Keywords: Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Motor activity

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