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. 2023 Oct 23;24:831. doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06954-1

Table 5.

Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score subscale scores for the revision ACLR group and primary ACLR group preoperative and at follow-up

Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
Pain Symptoms ADL Sport and Recreation Knee-related QoL
Preoperative
 1. Revision ACLR group, primary ACLR (n = 70) 82.3 (13.8) 77.8 (15.3) 91.1 (9.9) 48.8 (29.2) 36.3 (23.5)
 2. Revision ACLR group, second ACLR (n = 65) 86.6 (11.6) 82.1 (14.1) 94.2 (7.5) 60.2 (28.8) 46.2 (27.2)
 Mean with-in difference (95% CI)
  1 compared to 2 -4.6 (-8.1 to -1.0) -5.2 (-9.7 to -0.6) -3.6 (-6.1 to -1.2) -12.7 (-21.1 to -4.2) -11.4 (-18.0 to -4.7)
  p-value 0.012 0.027 0.004 0.004 0.001
 3. Primary ACLR group, (n = 72) 81.8 (14.6) 77.8 (18.2) 90.5 (11.8) 55.6 (27.1) 41.0 (22.9)
 Mean group difference (95% CI)
  1 compared to 3 0.8 (-3.2 to 4.9) 2.2 (-3.0 to 7.4) 0.9 (-2.2 to 4.1) -6.3 (-14.3 to 1.6) -5.3 (-13.3 to 2.5)
  p-value 0.686 0.403 0.553 0.113 0.180
  2 compared to 3 5.3 (1.0 to 9.5) 6.1 (0.2 to 12.0) 4.0 (0.7 to 7.4) 5.5 (-4.2 to 15.3) 4.6 (-4.7 to 13.9)
  p-value 0.017 0.044 0.020 0.259 0.326
Follow-up
 4. Revision ACLR group (n = 65) 85.3 (12.6) 81.5 (14.1) 93.8 (7.7) 67.6 (27.0) 58.9 (20.8)
 Mean with-in difference (95% CI)
  1 compared to 4 -2.3 (-6.6 to 2.0) -2.5 (-7.8 to 2.9) -1.9 (-4.8 to 1.0) -17.7 (-27.2 to -8.2) -20.5 (-28.8 to -12.1)
  p-value 0.280 0.366 0.182  < 0.001  < 0.001
  2 compared to 4 1.0 (-3.3 to 5.2) 1.6 (-3.4 to 6.6) 0.3 (-2.3 to 3.0) -5.9 (-15.3 to 3.5) -12.8 (-21.9 to -3.8)
  p-value 0.643 0.526 0.799 0.212 0.006
 5. Primary ACLR group (n = 72) 90.6 (11.2) 84.4 (15.2) 96.3 (7.4) 81.1 (18.4) 72.7 (19.7)
 Mean with-in difference (95% CI)
  3 compared to 5 -8.5 (-12.9 to -4.1) -7.9 (-13.1 to -2.6) -5.5 (-8.6 to -2.4) -25.6 (-32.8 to -18.4) -32.2 (-39.9 to -24.5)
  p-value  < 0.001 0.004  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
 Mean group difference (95% CI)
  4 compared to 5 -5.9 (-10.0 to -1.8) -3.2 (-8.1 to 1.8) -3.3 (-5.5 to -1.2) -13.7 (-21.0 to -6.3) -14.8 (-20.1 to -8.6)
  p-value 0.006 0.203 0.003  < 0.001  < 0.001
Change in KOOS score preoperative to follow-up
 Mean group difference (95% CI)
  (a compared to d) – (c compared to e) -8.1 (-14.2 to -2.1) -8.0 (-15.8 to -0.3) -5.5 (-9.2 to -1.9) -11.9 (-22.9 to -0.9) -15.6 (-26.3 to -5.0)
  p-value 0.009 0.042 0.004 0.035 0.005

ACLR anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, ADL Activities of Daily Living, QOL Quality of Life

aData are presented as the mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated