Health-related quality of life in patients with anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency undergoing arthroscopic reconstruction: a practice-based Italian normative group in comorbid-free patients

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 233 - 238
• Main Authors: Calvisi, V., De Vincentiis, B., Palumbo, P., Padua, R., Lupparelli, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2008; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Milan
• Subjects: Anterior cruciate ligament; Comorbidity; Conservative Orthopedics; Criteria; Decision making; Domains; Evaluation; Evidence-Based Medicine Section; Fractures; Inflammatory diseases; Knee; Lesions; Ligaments; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meniscus; Mental health; Orthopedics; Pain; Patients; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Rheumatology; Sports Medicine; Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Traumatic Surgery; Reconstruction; Normative group; Anterior cruciate ligament; SF-36; Quality of life

Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) insufficiency has not been assessed in comorbid-free patients to date. An observational study was therefore conducted on a practice-based sample to test the hypothesis that SF-36 scoring in patients with chronic AC...