Quality of life assessment scores after ACL reconstruction. 223 patients from the Unisports clinic

Objective: Determination of the effectiveness of ACL reconstruction requires outcome measures. Traditionally these have been based on a clinical assessment by the surgeon. The most important outcomes to measure are those that are important to the patient themselves. Methods: Over a 5-year period all...

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Published in:Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 2016-07, Vol.4 (7_suppl5)
Main Authors: Rosenfeldt, MP, Stanley, J, Walsh, SJ, Twaddle, BC, Tietjens, BR
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Knee
Orthopedics
Sports medicine
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Summary:Objective: Determination of the effectiveness of ACL reconstruction requires outcome measures. Traditionally these have been based on a clinical assessment by the surgeon. The most important outcomes to measure are those that are important to the patient themselves. Methods: Over a 5-year period all eligible patients completed a validated ACL-QOL outcome measure. This proved to be a very difficult group to follow with only 22% of eligible patients completing all data forms. Results: ACL provided improved function across of categories on 1 year ACL-QOL scores. There remained a significant deficit to a “normal” knee score. Conclusion: Highlighting the importance of prospective data collection, patients had worse retrospective scores at 1 year than they had prospectively.
ISSN:2325-9671
2325-9671
DOI:10.1177/2325967116S00081