TABLE 1.

Patient Demographic and Preoperative Data^a

	n	%
Total ACLR surgical procedures	1780
Primary ACLRs between 13 and 45 y	1432	80
Sex
Male	1068	75
Female	364	25
Age, y	24.3 ± 7.3b
Sports played at time of injury
Gaelic football	569	40
Football (soccer)	266	19
Hurling	209	15
Rugby	158	11
Snow sports	74	5
Basketball	29	2
Racket sports	6	<1
Athletics	6	<1
Other	115	8
Preoperative expected level of sport return
Higher level	329	23
Same level	1062	74
Lower level	15	1
Other sport	20	1
No return	5	<1
Mechanism of primary injury
Direct contact	284	20
Indirect contact	219	15
Noncontact	929	65
Pivoting/sidestepping	670	47
Jumping/landing	293	20
Being tackled	252	18
Tackling	105	7
Other	116	8
Preoperative Marx Activity Scale score (74% patients)b	10.9 ± 5.1
Time from injury to surgery, mob	4.56 ± 10.7	(1–147)

^aACLR, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

^bMean ± SD (range).