Risk of Secondary ACL Injury in Adolescents Prescribed Functional Bracing After ACL Reconstruction

Risk of Secondary ACL Injury in Adolescents Prescribed Functional Bracing After ACL Reconstruction

Background: There is a high incidence of a secondary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in unbraced adolescent athletes. Little is known about the effect of functional bracing with regard to the risk of secondary ACL injuries among adolescents. Hypothesis: Our primary hypothesis was that adoles...

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Veröffentlicht in:Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine 2019-11, Vol.7 (11), p.2325967119879880
Hauptverfasser: Perrone, Gabriel S., Webster, Kate E., Imbriaco, Chris, Portilla, Gabriela M., Vairagade, Amishi, Murray, Martha M., Kiapour, Ata M.
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Sprache:eng
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Hypotheses
Knee
Orthopedics
Sports injuries
Sports medicine
Surgery
Teenagers
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Zusammenfassung:Background: There is a high incidence of a secondary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in unbraced adolescent athletes. Little is known about the effect of functional bracing with regard to the risk of secondary ACL injuries among adolescents. Hypothesis: Our primary hypothesis was that adolescents would have a high rate of secondary ACL injury even with brace use. A secondary hypothesis was that the reinjury rate with brace use would be lower than that of a historical control group of unbraced patients. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: A group of 219 patients (age
ISSN:2325-9671
2325-9671
DOI:10.1177/2325967119879880