Table 2. 2 year post-ACL outcome scores by Return-to-play and level status.
Return to play and level with validated outcomes measures (IKDC, Marx Activity, KOOS Sports and Recreation, and KOOS Knee Related Quality of Life). Freshman through junior level athletes from high school (upper row) and college (lower row). For each outcome measure 25th, 50th, and 75th quartiles are shown.
| High School | Gr 9–11 | IKDC | Marx Activity | KOOS (Sports&Rec) | KOOS (KRQOL) | ||||||||
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| No Return to Play | (N=11 of 13) | 76 | 84 | 95 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 68 | 75 | 100 | 72 | 75 | 88 |
| Returned to Play, Not Level | (N=12 of 12) | 78 | 86 | 95 | 9.8 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 74 | 88 | 96 | 67 | 84 | 95 |
| Returned to Play and Level | (N=19 of 23) | 89 | 95 | 97 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 78 | 90 | 98 | 81 | 94 | 97 |
| Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test | p=0.14 | p=0.36 | p=0.25 | p=0.24 | |||||||||
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| No Return to Play | (N=6 of 7) | 73 | 81 | 89 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 58 | 68 | 85 | 55 | 72 | 75 |
| Returned to Play, Not Level | (N=4 of 7) | ||||||||||||
| Returned to Play and Level | (N=9 of 9) | 89 | 92 | 98 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 85 | 85 | 95 | 81 | 94 | 94 |
| Wilcox rank sum test | p=0.04 | p<0.01 | p=0.10 | p<0.01 | |||||||||
P values for statistical comparisons are at the bottom of each column.