Functional Outcome in Athletes at Five Years of Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Table 2
Functional and clinical outcome scores.
Group (number of patients)
Lysholm score
IKDC Subjective
IKDC objective
Tegner scale
A
B
C
D
Return to sports at preinjury levels (22)
89.4
87.6
12
9
1
—
7
Fall in sporting activity due to fear of re-injury (12)
82.3
76.7
—
9
3
—
6
Fall in sporting activity due to Painful/unstable knee (6)
74.3
64.6
—
2
4
—
3
P value
<0.0001
<0.0001
0.004
<0.0001
Left sports completely due to social/other reasons (8)
88.9
86.4
2
6
—
—
Left sports
P value shows statistical difference between three groups, that is, those who returned to sports at preinjury levels , those who had fall in sporting activity due to fear of re-injury , and those who had fall in sporting activity due to painful/unstable knee .