@article{ref1,
title="Rehabilitation after ACL injury and reconstruction from the patients' perspective",
journal="Physical therapy in sport",
year="2021",
author="Sonesson, Sofi and Kvist, Joanna",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To describe and compare patients' appraisal of the rehabilitation and adherence to the rehabilitation program after acute ACL injury treated with (ACLR) or without (non-ACLR) reconstruction. <br><br>DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: 275 patients (143 females; mean age 25 ± 7 years) with acute ACL injury, of whom 166 patients had ACLR within 24 months. MAIN OUTCOME: Adherence to rehabilitation was assessed using the modified Sports Injury Rehabilitation Adherence Scale (SIRAS). <br><br>RESULTS: Appraisal of rehabilitation was higher in the post-ACLR group compared to the non-ACLR group at 3 months (91% compared to 70% scored rehabilitation as necessary, p = 0.025) and at 6 months (87% compared to 70% scored it as necessary, p = 0.017). SIRAS score did not differ between 3 and 6 months for the non-ACLR group (median (IQR) 13 (2) vs 13 (2)) or the post-ACLR group (14 (1) vs 14 (2), p > 0.05). The post-ACLR group had a higher SIRAS score than the non-ACLR group at 3 and 6 months (p ≤ 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Patients treated with ACLR reported valuing their rehabilitation more and rated greater adherence to the rehabilitation programme than non-surgically treated patients. As rehabilitation is essential for good knee function, strategies to improve adherence after non-ACLR treatment should be implemented. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Prospective cohort study, level II.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1466-853X",
doi="10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.10.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.10.001"
}