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. 2019 Jun 22;28(2):369–380. doi: 10.1007/s00167-019-05576-2

Table 2.

Mean ± SD (PASS %) KOOS values for each dichotomized patient group in the included cohort (n = 2335 patients) at the 2-year follow-up

Pain (PASS ≥ 88.9) Symptoms (PASS ≥ 57.1) ADL (PASS = 100) Sport and recreation (PASS ≥ 75.0) QoL (PASS ≥ 62.5)
Pre-operative factors
Age at surgery
 Age younger than 30 years 87.9 ± 13.9 (56.4) 81.4 ± 16.5 (92.3) 94.2 ± 10.9 (44.6) 73.4 ± 24.5 (61.3) 65.6 ± 23.8 (64.5)
 Age 30 years or older 90.3 ± 12.3 (64.0) 85.4 ± 14.4 (95.2) 94.5 ± 10.4 (46.7) 74.9 ± 24.7 (64.3) 71.0 ± 21.4 (74.1)
Gender
 Male 89.9 ± 13.2 (71.5) 83.6 ± 15.9 (93.8) 94.5 ± 10.9 (49.0) 76.3 ± 23.5 (66.3) 69.4 ± 23.3 (70.6)
 Female 88.1 ± 13.2 (65.0) 82.9 ± 15.4 (93.6) 94.2 ± 10.4 (42.1) 71.8 ± 25.5 (59.0) 66.8 ± 22.4 (67.4)
Time from injury to surgery
 ≤ 3 months 89.0 ± 13.1 (69.1) 82.3 ± 16.5 (92.8) 94.6 ± 10.6 (48.8) 74.8 ± 24.5 (64.2) 68.1 ± 23.2 (69.7)
 > 3 months 89.0 ± 13.2 (67.9) 83.6 ± 15.4 (94.0) 94.3 ± 10.7 (44.5) 73.9 ± 24.7 (62.2) 68.2 ± 22.8 (68.8)
Pre-injury Tegner activity level
 High ≥ 6 89.0 ± 13.0 (67.8) 83.0 ± 15.7 (93.4) 94.5 ± 10.3 (45.4) 74.6 ± 24.0 (62.9) 68.1 ± 22.7 (68.9)
 Low < 6 89.0 ± 13.7 (69.6) 83.9 ± 15.0 (94.2) 94.0 ± 11.6 (46.2) 72.8 ± 26.3 (61.2) 68.3 ± 23.4 (69.4)
Intra-operative factors
Graft type
 HT autograft 89.2 ± 12.8 (68.5) 83.4 ± 15.0 (93.7) 94.5 ± 10.3 (45.1) 74.7 ± 24.2 (63.4) 68.5 ± 22.5 (69.4)
 BPTB autograft 87.5 ± 16.0 (65.9) 82.1 ± 18.1 (92.3) 93.1 ± 13.6 (49.8) 69.0 ± 28.0 (56.1) 65.0 ± 25.8 (65.5)
 No meniscus surgery 89.1 ± 13.0 (68.6) 83.6 ± 15.6 (93.8) 94.4 ± 10.5 (45.7) 74.2 ± 24.6 (62.5) 68.5 ± 23.0 (70.3)
Medial meniscus surgery
 Resection 89.9 ± 14.0 (73.2) 85.0 ± 13.8 (96.2) 94.6 ± 11.5 (49.2) 75.8 ± 23.8 (66.7) 69.8 ± 21.7 (71.0)
 Repair 85.3 ± 14.0 (54.7) 78.0 ± 16.5 (88.4) 93.4 ± 10.9 (37.8) 68.0 ± 27.6 (55.8) 62.3 ± 23.4 (57.9)
Lateral meniscus surgery
 Resection 89.0 ± 14.0 (66.6) 82.4 ± 16.2 (92.3) 93.9 ± 12.5 (43.9) 74.3 ± 24.1 (63.8) 67.9 ± 23.0 (67.8)
 Repair 87.9 ± 13.0 (66.2) 79.2 ± 20.0 (87.6) 96.3 ± 6.1 (50.7) 73.7 ± 26.5 (64.6) 67.5 ± 23.1 (64.6)
Cartilage injury
 Yes 89.2 ± 12.0 (68.0) 82.9 ± 15.3 (93.6) 94.1 ± 10.2 (42.2) 72.3 ± 25.7 (59.3) 68.1 ± 22.4 (69.1)
 No 89.0 ± 13.0 (68.4) 83.4 ± 15.8 (93.7) 94.4 ± 10.8 (46.1) 74.5 ± 24.3 (63.6) 68.2 ± 23.0 (69.1)
Post-operative factors (6 months)
Isokinetic quadriceps strength
 LSI ≥ 90% 90.3 ± 12.6 (73.6) 85.3 ± 15.0 (95.4) 95.6 ± 9.5 (51.7) 78.1 ± 23.1 (70.5) 71.2 ± 22.5 (74.5)
 LSI < 90% 88.4 ± 13.0 (65.8) 82.3 ± 16.0 (92.8) 93.8 ± 11.1 (42.6) 72.1 ± 25.1 (58.9) 66.7 ± 22.9 (66.4)
Isokinetic hamstring strength
 LSI ≥ 90% 89.4 ± 13.0 (70.4) 83.4 ± 15.9 (93.2) 94.7 ± 10.9 (47.7) 75.5 ± 24.3 (65.2) 69.0 ± 23.0 (70.7)
 LSI < 90% 88.7 ± 13.0 (66.3) 83.2 ± 15.5 (93.9) 94.0 ± 10.4 (43.6) 72.8 ± 24.8 (60.3) 67.4 ± 22.8 (67.5)
Single-leg-hop test
 LSI ≥ 90% 90.0 ± 12.0 (70.6) 84.1 ± 15.5 (94.4) 95.5 ± 8.9 (49.5) 77.5 ± 22.4 (67.7) 70.2 ± 22.3 (72.1)
 LSI < 90% 87.7 ± 14.0 (65.1) 82.1 ± 15.9 (92.6) 92.9 ± 12.5 (40.2) 69.6 ± 26.6 (55.9) 65.3 ± 23.2 (64.9)

KOOS Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score; PASS patient-acceptable symptom state; ADL activities of daily living; QoL quality of life; SD standard deviation; HT hamstring tendon; BPTB bone-patellar tendon bone; LSI limb symmetry index