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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Sports Med. 2013 Jul 23;49(5):335–342. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092299

Table 1.

Criteria Proposed in the Survey

Realm of
Function
To consider management successful, one (two) year(s)
after surgery (injury), the athlete must:
Abbreviations
Participation Have played one (two) season(s) in the sport of injury at
the same level as prior to injury.
RTS
Activity Achieve symmetrical performance on a functional test Functional Test
Body Structure
and Function
Not have more than a mild, persistent effusion Effusion
Not have any episodes of giving way Give Way
Not have radiographic progression of osteoarthritis OA
Have a laxity difference < 3mm on instrumented testing Laxity
Have a pivot shift grade of normal Pivot-shift
Achieve symmetrical quadriceps strength
(>90% of the uninvolved limb)
Quads
Achieve symmetrical hamstrings strength
(>90% of the uninvolved limb)
Hams
Patient
Reported
Outcome
Measure
Achieve >90% on an outcome tool PRO
Knee Outcome Survey –Activities of Daily Living Scale KOS-ADLS
Knee Outcome Survey –Sports Activities Scale KOS-SAS
Global rating of perceived function GRS
Tegner Activity Scale Tegner
Lysholm Score Lysholm
International Knee Documentation Committee 2000
Subjective Knee Form
IKDC2000
Cincinnati Knee Score Cincinnati
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score KOOS
Marx Activity Rating Scale Marx