Skip to main content
. 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 4.

Differences Between RTP and No RTP at Follow-upa

RTP, n (%) or Mean ± SD
Yes No P Value Statistic OR: No RTP (95% CI)

Sex
 Male 794 (86) 124 (14) .813 0.06b
 Female 201 (86) 33 (14)
Age, y 22.7 ± 6.2 26.1 ± 6.7 <.001c −0.18d
Preoperative Marx score 11.8 ± 4.8 9.2 ± 5.3 <.001c 0.17d
Injury mechanism
 Jumping/landing 200 (89) 24 (11) .07 8.67b
 Sidestep/pivot 467 (86) 79 (14)
 Tackling 78 (79) 20 (21)
 Being tackled 205 (89) 24 (11)
 Other 45 (81) 10 (19)
Injury contact
 Direct 207 (88) 29 (12) .473 1.5b
 Indirect 160 (84) 31 (16)
 Noncontact 628 (86) 97 (14)
Graft type
 BPTB 795 (86) 129 (14) .739 0.6b
 HT 200 (88) 28 (12)
Extra-articular tenodesis
 Yes 972 (87) 150 (13) .166 2.46b
 No 23 (77) 7 (23)
Medial meniscus treatment
 Nil 778 (88) 111 (12) .008c 11.91b
 Left in situ 123 (87) 17 (13) 0.97 (0.56–1.66)
 Meniscectomy 52 (76) 16 (24) 2.17 (1.19–3.84)
 Repair 41 (74) 13 (26) 2.22 (1.14–4.34)
Lateral meniscus treatment
 Nil 599 (87) 87 (13) .041c 9.96b
 Left in situ 155 (79) 39 (21) 1.72 (1.13–2.63)
 Meniscectomy 212 (84) 39 (16) 0.81 (0.51–1.29)
 Repair 28 (82) 6 (18) 1.47 (0.59–3.70)
Chondral pathology: MFC
 Nil 858 (87) 126 (13) .002c 12.58b
 Grade 1–2 103 (87) 16 (13) 1.05 (0.60–1.85)
 Grade 3–4 34 (69) 15 (31) 3.03 (1.58–5.55)
Chondral pathology: LFC
 Nil 851 (87) 124 (13) .107 4.47b
 Grade 1–2 131 (81) 30 (19)
 Grade 3–4 13 (81) 3 (19)
ACL-RSI score 79.4 ± 19.5 41.3 ± 24.1 <.001c 0.56d
IKDC score 88.5 ± 8.8 81.2 ± 10.5 <.001c 0.29d
a

ACL-RSI, ACL-Return to Sport After Injury; BPTB, bone–patellar tendon–bone; HT, hamstring tendon; IKDC, International Knee Documentation Committee; LFC, lateral femoral condyle; MFC, medial femoral condyle; OR, odds ratio; RTP, return to play.

b

Chi-square analysis.

c

P < .05.

d

Point biserial correlation.