Acute ACL reconstruction in patients over 40 years of age

Abstract

Cohort study, Level III.

High rate of return to activity after ACL reconstruction in patients over 40 years of age: a systematic review

“…However, return to specific preinjury sports has not been investigated in any of the included studies. A recently published article comparing acute ACL reconstruction in patients older and younger than 40 years of age demonstrated that, 2 years postoperatively, both age groups returned to their preinjury activity level and did not significantly change their activity with respect to pivoting sports and sports frequency 35. Barrett et al 6 showed that the Tegner activity level is not adequately designed to investigate return to sport.…”

Which criteria are used to clear patients to return to sport after primary ACL reconstruction? A scoping review

“…Thirty-one studies (15%) did not use time as a RTS criterion. Eighteen studies (8%) reported a time frame for RTS clearance; seven studies [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] (3%) reported a range (eg, RTS at 6-12 months) and 11 studies [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] (5%) reported different RTS times based on type of sport (eg, non-contact at 4 months and contact at 6 months).…”

Femoral attachment of anterior cruciate ligament remnant tissue influences the stability of the anterior cruciate ligament-injured knee in patients over 40 years old

“…First, Wang et al and Wierer et al reported that patients >40 years of age would achieve comparable clinical outcomes after ACL reconstruction as younger patients. 17 , 18 Second, the authors the present study attempted to clarify the laxity of ACL injured knee according to age and location of the femoral attachment of ACL remnant tissue.…”