Age, rehabilitation and surgery characteristics are re-injury risk factors for adolescents following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

• Published in: Physical therapy in sport Vol. 49; no. NA; pp. 196 - 203
• Main Authors: Law, Mallory A., Ko, Yi-An, Miller, Ashley L., Lauterbach, Kristin N., Hendley, Christopher L., Johnson, Julie E., Tsai, Liang-Ching
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2021; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: ACL; Adults; Age; Knee; Medical records; Patients; Pediatrics; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Return to sport; Risk factors; Sports injuries; Sports medicine; Surgery; Teenagers; Variables; Atlanta Georgia; United States > US; Knee; Pediatrics; ACL; Return to sport

To examine the effect of age on post-ACLR rehabilitative outcomes and identify surgical/rehabilitative characteristics as ACL re-injury risk factors in adolescents. Cohort study. Children’s hospital. 273 adolescents with first-time ACLR. Demographics, injury history, surgery, and outcomes documented...