Table 4.

Comparison of mean IKDC scores in Item 1 (Assessment the maximum activity levels that can be achieved without knee pain) among pre-injury, post operation and current use of knee between patients who returned and did not return to sport following ACL.

Assessment the maximum activity levels that can be achieved without knee pain	Total (n = 110)	Return to sport		p-value
		Yes (n = 40)	NO (n = 70)
Pre-injury	87.95 ± 23.40	90.00 ± 19.45	86.79 ± 25.44	0.491
Post operation	51.82 ± 24.12	68.75 ± 27.59	42.14 ± 15.07	<0.001*
Current	60.00 ± 24.93	81.88 ± 24.67	47.50 ± 14.21	<0.001*
p-value within group
Pre-injury vs Post-operation	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*
Pre-injury vs Current	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*
Post-operation vs Current	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*

p-value from repeated measure ANOVA, *Significant at p < 0.05.