TABLE 2.

Player and Injury Characteristics of Elite Australian Rules Football Players Who Returned to Play After ACL Injury: Further Injuries to the ACL^a

	All Players (Range) [% of Overall Category]	No Further Injury (Range) [% of Each Subcategory]	Further Injury (range) [% of Each Subcategory]	Further ACL Injury After Index Injury Compared With Reference Group, OR [95% CI] (P Value)b
No. of players	85	61 [72]	24 [28]
Mean age, y	23 (17-32)	24 (17-31)	23 (17-32)
17-20c	16 [19]	12 [75]	4 [25]	—
21-24	41 [48]	26 [63]	15 [37]	1.87 [0.42-8.21] (.409)
25-29	26 [31]	22 [85]	4 [15]	0.69 [0.12-3.76] (.664)
30+	2 [2]	1 [50]	1 [50]	3.54 [0.14-87.1] (.439)
Mean height, cm	185 (163-203)	185 (173-201)	187 (163-203)
<179c	24 [28]	19 [79]	5 [21]	—
180-189	32 [38]	25 [78]	7 [22]	1.22 [0.31-4.81] (.782)
≥190	29 [34]	17 [59]	12 [41]	2.49 [0.32-19.58] (.385)
Mean weight, kg	89 (73-109)	87 (73-105)	92 (75-109)
70-79c	16 [19]	13 [81]	3 [19]	—
80-89	30 [35]	22 [73]	8 [27]	1.40 [0.28-6.90] (.682)
90-99	28 [33]	21 [75]	7 [25]	0.81 [0.11-5.98] (.834)
100+	11 [13]	5 [45]	6 [55]	1.68 [0.14-20.69] (.687)
Side of injury
Nondominantc	54 [64]	36 [68]	17 [32]	—
Dominant	31 [36]	24 [77]	7 [23]	0.74 [0.24-2.28] (.599)
Surgical techniqued
HSc	30 [35]	22 [73]	8 [27]	—
BPTB	52 [61]	36 [69]	16 [31]	1.42 [0.49-4.08] (.519)
ITB	2 [2]	2 [100]	0
Timing of return
<1 y after injuryc	41 [48]	27 [66]	14 [34]	—
1 y or longer	44 [52]	34 [77]	10 [23]	0.61 [0.21-1.80] (0.370)

^aACL, anterior cruciate ligament; BPTB, bone–patellar tendon–bone autograft; HS, hamstring tendon autograft; ITB, iliotibial band autograft; OR, odds ratio.

^bAdjusted OR—for covariates, binomial logit generalized estimating equations.

^cReference group.

^dThe type of ACL reconstruction technique was not documented for 1 player.