Andrew D Lynch, David S Logerstedt, Hege Grindem, Ingrid Eitzen, Gregory E Hicks, Michael J Axe, Lars Engebretsen, May Arna Risberg, Lynn Snyder-Mackler
BACKGROUND: No gold standard exists for identifying successful outcomes 1 and 2 years after operative and non-operative management of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This limits the ability of a researcher and clinicians to compare and contrast the results of interventions. PURPOSE: To establish a consensus based on expert consensus of measures that define successful outcomes 1 and 2 years after ACL injury or reconstruction. METHODS: Members of international sports medicine associations, including the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Surgery, and Knee Arthroscopy and the American Physical Therapy Association, were sent a survey via email...
March 2015: British Journal of Sports Medicine