[Translated article] Psychological readiness to return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in amateur sport

Return to sports (RTS) is maybe the main expectation for the patient after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The aim of this study was to analyze the psychological readiness to RTS in a cohort of amateur sports after ACLR. Retrospective study of a prospective database of patients tre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista española de cirugía ortopédica y traumatología 2022-03, Vol.66 (2), p.T113-T120
Hauptverfasser: Beneito Pastor, D., Morales-Santias, M., Bustamante Suarez de Puga, D., Más Martínez, J., Garcia Miralles, S., Sanz-Reig, J.
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Zusammenfassung:Return to sports (RTS) is maybe the main expectation for the patient after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The aim of this study was to analyze the psychological readiness to RTS in a cohort of amateur sports after ACLR. Retrospective study of a prospective database of patients treated with ACLR performed between January and December 2017. Psychological readiness to RTS after ACLR was evaluated with the short version of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Return to Sport After Injury (ACL-RSI) scale. A total of 43 patients met the inclusion criteria. The mean age of the patients was 24.7 years. The mean follow-up was 32.5 months. All patients practiced any type of sports at final follow-up. The mean ACL-RSI score was 71.5. Fear of reinjury was mentioned by 14 patients (32.5%). Twenty-four patients (55.8%) pointed out that they did not practice sport at the pre-injury level. The mean ACL-RSI score was statistically significant lower in this group of patients (59.7 vs 87.3; p
ISSN:1888-4415
1988-8856
DOI:10.1016/j.recot.2021.07.011