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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Sports Med. 2020 Feb 7;48(4):812–824. doi: 10.1177/0363546519900170

TABLE 3.

Two-Year Follow-up Outcomesa

n or Mean 6 SD % or Range

Follow-up (primary ACLRs, n = 1432) 1371 95.7
Time to follow-up, mo 28.4 ± 7.9 24–55
RTP (all sports)
 Yes 1152 81
 No 219 15
 Unknown 61 4
Time to RTP, mo 11.1 ± 5.1 3–32
RTP level 1 sports (n = 1237) 1012 82
Second ACL injury
 Ipsilateral total 39 2.7
  Ipsilateral BPTB graft 15 1.3
  Ipsilateral HT graft 24 8.3
 Contralateral 94 6.6
Time to second ACL injury, mo
 Ipsilateral surgery to injury 21.4 ± 10.4 7–50
 Hamstring surgery to injury 19.8 ± 9.9 4–40
 Patellar surgery to injury 23.9 ± 11.2 8–50
 Ipsilateral RTP to injury 12.5 ± 9.6 1–42
 Contralateral surgery to injury 24.6 ± 10.2 8–50
 Contralateral RTP to injury 15.2 ± 10.1 1–45
IKDC score (83% patients) 86.8 ± 10.1
 >90 848 60
 <80 206 14
Marx Activity Scale score (72% patients) 9.9 ± 5.2
ACL-RSI score (48% patients) 74.8 ± 22.6
a

ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; ACLR, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; ACL-RSI, ACL-Return to Sport After Injury; BPTB, bone–patellar tendon–bone; HT, hamstring tendon; IKDC, International Knee Documentation Committee; RTP, return to play.