Comparison of Functional Outcome Measures After ACL Reconstruction in Competitive Soccer Players

Abstract

At the time of return to sports, the STG group had better performance in terms of quadriceps strength and the results of the triple-hop, crossover-hop, and jump-landing tests compared with the BPTB group. Compared with controls, soccer players who had undergone ACL reconstruction had less quadriceps and hamstrings strength and inferior hop performance and jump-landing strategy.

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: principles of treatment

“…Indeed, when analysed separately, BPTB non-irradiated allograft had a similar graft failure rate to autograft (8.8% and 6.1%, respectively). 83 Despite the trend indicating a better performance for autograft, additional randomised controlled studies are important to resolve the existing controversies between allografts and autografts.…”

Return to Play After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Major League Baseball Athletes

“…6 Although functional outcomes and return to sports after ACL reconstruction (ACLR) have been studied, much of these data are limited to the general population and therefore do not pertain to professional athletes. [7][8][9][10][11] In a meta-analysis of 48 studies by Ardern et al, 8 which evaluated return to sport after ACLR, 82% of the 5,770 patients returned to some level of sports participation: 63% returned to their preinjury level of participation and 44% returned to competitive sport at final follow-up. This study, however, examined the general population and not professional athletes.…”

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Contralateral Autogenous Patellar Tendon Graft

“…4,10,12,[15][16][17]23 Given the concern for morbidity with BPTB autograft, surgeons tend to choose other graft sources before considering the contralateral patellar tendon for graft harvest.…”