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ACL patients with intervention surgery show higher 1-year return to pivot sport rates
Patients who received treatment for their ACL injuries without surgical intervention had lower return to activity rates for pivoting sports at 1-year follow-up compared to patients who had surgical intervention for their injuries, according to this study.
Even though there were no significant differences between the two groups at baseline or follow-up for overall return-to-sport rates, 54.8% of nonoperative patients returned to pivoting sport at 1 year compared to 68.1% of patients with ACL injuries treated with surgical intervention, according to the abstract.
“Although these results show that it is possible for nonoperatively treated patients to return to sport after rehabilitation, future follow-ups are needed to examine whether these patients maintain sports participation over time, and what long-term consequences they may suffer regarding subsequent injuries and knee osteoarthritis,” the researchers stated in the abstract.
The nonoperatively treated patients reported significantly better International Knee Documentation Committee 2000, Knee Outcome Survey Activities of Daily Living scores and better hop test limb symmetric indexes, but also had significantly higher knee joint laxity, according to the abstract.
Disclosure: The authors received grant funding from the National Institute of Health and from the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.