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01-10-2017 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: Younger Patients and Men Achieve Higher Outcome Scores Than Older Patients and Women After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Author:
Caroline Mouton, PhD
Published in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Issue 10/2017
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Excerpt
Parameters such as knee laxity, muscle force, hop tests, and patient-related outcome (PRO) scores are essential in evaluating patients after ACL reconstruction, and they can be especially useful when determining whether a patient is fit to return to sport after surgery. These parameters can also be used as tools to optimize treatment decisions (whether to operate or not), define the best time to operate [
5], or reduce the reinjury risk at the time of return to sport [
8]. …