Table 2.

Demographics, injury and operative details of 545 patients

	Descriptive statistics
Patients (n = 545)	545 patients, 547 ACL reconstructions performed November 2016 to November 2017 (Year 1), n = 44 December 2017 to November 2018 (Year 2), n = 80 December 2018 to November 2019 (Year 3), n = 101 December 2019 to November 2020 (Year 4), n = 123 December 2020 to November 2021 (Year 5), n = 199
Gender (n = 545)	Male n = 543, 99.63%, Female n = 2, 0.37%
Age (years) (n = 544)	Mean 27.87, SD 6.18, Range 17 to 46
Height (cm) (n = 498)	Mean 175.67, SD 5.98, Range 155 to 193
Weight (kg) (n = 508)	Mean 77.53, SD 11.82, Range 50 to 120
Occupation (in order of frequency)	Education n = 103, 24.3%, Manual labour n = 76, 17.9%, Retail industry /services n = 48, 11.3%, Administration n = 45, 10.6%, Military n = 33, 7.8%, Skill/craft n = 33, 7.8%, Police and security n = 25, 5.9%, Hospitality services n = 25, 5.2%, Professionals n = 17, 4.0%, Medical professional/Industry n = 10, 2.4%, Sport and leisure industry n = 7, 1.7%, Managers n = 3, 0.7%, Housewife n = 2, 0.5%
Mechanism of injury (n = 508)	Team Sport n = 467, 91.9%: Soccer n = 462, 90.9%, Handball n = 2, 0.4% Volleyball n = 2, 0.4% Basketball n = 1, 0.2% Falls n = 13, 2.6%, Road traffic accidents n = 10, 2.0%, Contact sports n = 8, 1.6%, Jumping n = 6, 1.2%, Other n = 4, 0.8%
Injury to dominant or non-dominant limb (n = 505)	Dominant limb n = 294, 58.2% Non-dominant limb n = 209, 41.4% Presenting with both limbs (injured separately) n = 2, 0.4%
Side of ACLR	Left sided n = 223, 40.8% and Right sided n = 324, 59.2%
Date of injury to operation (n = 505)	Mean 40.6 months, SD 40.3 months, (Range 0–212 months)