Patient-Reported Activity Levels Correlate With Early Cartilage Degeneration After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Friedman JM, Su F, Zhang AL, Allen CR, Feeley BT, Souza R, Li X, Ma CB, Lansdown DA. Patient-Reported Activity Levels Correlate With Early Cartilage Degeneration After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. The American Journal Of Sports Medicine 2021, 49: 442-449. PMID: 33395319, DOI: 10.1177/0363546520980431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cruciate ligament reconstructionMarx activity levelMarx activity scoreCruciate ligament reconstructionMarx scoresCartilage degenerationMagnetic resonance imagingMedial compartmentEarly cartilage degenerationLigament reconstructionPosttraumatic osteoarthritisActivity scoreActivity levelsOrgan Magnetic Resonance Imaging ScoreOsteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) scoresMagnetic Resonance Imaging ScorePre-existing arthritisPatient-reported outcomesLevel of evidenceSoft tissue graftsFisher's exact testMedial compartment degenerationPositive predictive valueSpearman rank testCartilage degenerative changes