Journal article
Prognostic factors for tibiofemoral and patellofemoral osteoarthritis 32–37 years after anterior cruciate ligament injury managed with early surgical repair or rehabilitation alone
S Filbay, H Gauffin, C Andersson, J Kvist
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | Published : 2021
Abstract
Objective: Explore prognostic factors for tibiofemoral (TFJ) and patellofemoral (PFJ) radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) and ‘symptoms plus ROA’ (SOA), 32–37 years following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Design: Exploratory analysis, longitudinal cohort. Methods: In 1980–1985, 251 patients aged 15–40 years with acute ACL rupture were allocated to early augmented or non-augmented repair (5 ± 4 days post-injury) plus rehabilitation, or rehabilitation alone. 127 of 190 participants who completed follow-up questionnaires were eligible. We classified ROA as TFJ/PFJ K&L Grade ≥2, and SOA as ROA plus pain and/or symptoms. Multivariable age-adjusted logistic regression investigated potenti..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Dr Filbay received funding from the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis; United Kingdom (grant reference 21595) and is currently funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Emerging Leadership Fellowship; Dr Filbay and Prof Kvist received funding from Linkoping University, Sweden, that supported this collaboration. Funders had no involvement in study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, writing of the manuscript; or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.