Table 1.
Return to competition | ACL injuries in a match† | Player matches | ACL injury risk per game (%) | Average subsequent career games post-injury |
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No history of previous ACL injury | 186 | 307,048 | 0.06 | N/A |
Returned to play < 10 months | 12 | 4197 | 0.29 | 60.1 |
Returned to play 10–12 months | 10 | 4928 | 0.20 | 58.8 |
Returned to play > 12 months | 15 | 4232 | 0.35 | 53.8 |
†The ‘ACL injuries in a match’ column donates initial ACL injuries in the first row and subsequent ACL injuries for all remaining rows of player groups returning from ACL injury