@article{ref1,
title="Male and female adolescent athletes' readiness to return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction",
journal="Clinical journal of sport medicine",
year="2019",
author="Kostyun, Regina O. and Burland, Julie P. and Kostyun, Kyle J. and Milewski, Matthew D. and Nissen, Carl W.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine whether readiness to return to sport (RTS) differed between adolescent male and female athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). <br><br>DESIGN: Longitudinal, prospective cohort. SETTING: Outpatient office associated with tertiary-care hospital. PATIENTS: A total of 93 adolescent athletes, 17 years of age and younger, who underwent ACLR surgery with a hamstring autograft were included. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES: Male and female athletes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Anterior cruciate ligament-return to sport after injury (ACL-RSI) completed at 3 time points: (1) preoperatively (Pre-op), (2) approximately 3 months into rehabilitation (Post-op 1), and (3) during RTS phases of recovery (Post-op 2). <br><br>RESULTS: There was a significant main effect for both sex (P < 0.010) and time (P < 0.0001) with male athletes having higher ACL-RSI scores than female athletes at all 3 time points; however, there was no significant time by sex interaction. All ACL-RSI scores increased significantly across time, regardless of sex. There were no statistically significant differences between ACL-RSI scores at all 3 time points between individuals who did and did not receive physician clearance. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study provides a longitudinal depiction of adolescent athletes' readiness to RTS after ACL injury throughout recovery. Both male and female athletes demonstrated diminished ACL-RSI scores before undergoing surgery, with increasing scores at both postoperative time points for both sexes. Overall, female athletes reported lower readiness to RTS at all 3 time points compared with male athletes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-642X",
doi="10.1097/JSM.0000000000000751",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000000751"
}