Table 1.

Overview of Studies Included in Review^a

Study	Journal (Year)	LOE	Sex (Age)	Sporting Activity	Injury Mechanism	Tear Location	Complete vs Partial Tear	Treatment	Return to Sport, mo	Complications
Lempainen21	Br J Sports Med (2007)	4	M (40)	Ice hockey	NR	Avulsion	Complete	Surgery	2	None
			M (27)	Floorball	NR	MTJ	Complete	Surgery	3	None
			M (24)	Track	Sprinting	MTJ	Partial	Surgery	5	None
			M (20)	Track	Long jumping	MTJ	Partial	Surgery	3	None
			M (24)	Track	Sprinting	MTJ	Partial	Surgery	4	None
			M (40)	Marathon	Sprinting	MTJ	Partial	Surgery	4	None
			M (24)	Soccer	Kicking, knee hyperextension	Tendinous	Partial	Surgery	5	None
			M (18)	Track	Sprinting	MTJ	Partial	Surgery	2	None
			M (29)	Triathlon	Sprinting	MTJ	Partial	Surgery	5	None
			F (24)	Road cycling	NR	MTJ	Partial	Surgery	3	None
			M (18)	Track	Sprinting	MTJ	Partial	Surgery	2	None
Pan26	Med J Malaysia (2000)	5	M (33)	Soccer	Kicking, knee hyperextension	Avulsion	Complete	Surgery	NR	Seroma requiring exploration
McGoldrick25	Arch Orthop Trauma Surg (1990)	5	M (36)	Cricket	Running, knee hyperextension	MTJ	Complete	Surgery	NR	None
Sebastianelli28	Clin Orthop Relat Res (1990)	5	M (21)	Football	Trauma, knee hyperextension, valgus load	Avulsion	Complete	Surgery	6	None
Rehm27	Unfallchirurg (2009)	5	M (27)	Soccer	Running, knee hyperextension	Avulsion	Complete	Surgery	6	None
Kusma19	Arch Orthop Trauma Surg (2007)	5	M (43)	Soccer	Kicking, knee hyperextension	Avulsion	Complete	Surgery	6	None
Werlich35	Unfallchirurg (2001)	5	M (37)	Soccer	Kicking, knee hyperextension	Avulsion	Complete	Surgery	12	None
Valente32	Musculoskelet Surg (2013)	5	M (24)	Football	Trauma, knee hyperextension, valgus load	MTJ	Complete	Surgery	12	None
Verburg33	Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd (1991)	5	M (50)	Water-skiing	Fall over wave, knee hyperextension	MTJ	Complete	Surgery	3	None
Jensen18	Scand J Med Sci Sports (1994)	5	M (35)	Soccer	Kicking, knee hyperextension	MTJ	Complete	Surgery	3	None
			M (30)	Soccer	Kicking, knee hyperextension	MTJ	NR	Conservativeb	0.75	None
Fortems17	Injury (1995)	5	M (44)	Indoor soccer	Kicking, knee hyperextension	MTJ	Complete	Conservativec	4	None

^aF, female athlete; LOE, level of evidence; M, male athlete; MTJ, tears to the musculotendinous junction; NR, not reported.

^bAthlete declined surgery at the urging of the team.

^cAthlete refused surgery.