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. 2020 Sep 18;4(9):e19296. doi: 10.2196/19296

Table 1.

Demographics and patient characteristics (N=96).

Characteristics Values
Frequency of age at surgery (years), n (%)

15-19 4 (4)

20-24 18 (19)

25-29 32 (33)

30-34 8 (8)

35-39 4 (4)

40-44 9 (10)

45-49 13 (14)

>50 8 (8)
Year of surgery; frequency, n (%)

2014 5 (5)

2015 14 (15)

2016 27 (28)

2017 16 (17)

2018 23 (24)

2019 11 (11)
Surgical procedure; frequency, n (%)

ACLRa alone 57 (60)

ACLR with meniscus repair 36 (37)

ACLR with another procedure 3 (3)
Gender; frequency, n (%)

Female 55 (57)

Male 40 (42)

Trans or nonbinary 1 (1)
Race/ethnicity; frequency, n (%)

Asian 14 (15)

Black or African American 5 (5)

Hispanic or Latino 12 (13)

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islanders 1 (1)

White 64 (66)
Insurance; frequency, n (%)

Commercial (eg, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Cigna) 72 (75)

State (eg, Medicaid and Medicare) 21 (22)

Uninsured 3 (3)
Level of sport; frequency, n (%)

Competitive sport/activity 24 (25)

I am not active 1 (1)

Recreational sport/activity 71 (74)
Returned to the same level; frequency, n (%)

No 39 (41)

Yes 57 (59)
Did you have sufficient physical therapy; frequency, n (%)

No 22 (23)

Yes 74 (77)
Determining factors to end physical therapyb , n (%)

Determined by the expense 14 (15)

Determined by the insurance 36 (38)

Determined by the physical therapist 66 (69)

Determined by you 49 (51)

I was fully recovered 25 (26)

Other 12 (13)

Too far away 7 (7)

Too time consuming 18 (19)
Percentage of knee function compared with previous, mean (SD); range 82.6 (13.8); 25-100
Months you had physical therapy, mean (SD); range 6.4 (4.8); 2-30
Patient’s stated ideal length of physical therapy (months), mean (SD); range 7.25 (4.3); 2-36
When did you feel fully recovered (months)?, mean (SD); range 13.17 (8.3); 0-60

aACLR: anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

bMultiple responses were permitted; % will not add up to 100.