Increased risk of osteoarthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A 14-year follow-up study of a randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1049-1057

  Barenius, Björn ^a   Ponzer, Sari ^a   Shalabi, Adel ^b   Bujak, Robert ^c   Norlén, Louise ^d   Eriksson, Karl ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; long term follow up; osteoarthritis; patellar tendon graft; semitendinosus tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLAR TENDON GRAFT; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMITENDINOSUS TENDON GRAFT; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACL RECONSTRUCTION; LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLAR TENDON GRAFT; SEMITENDINOSUS TENDON GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TENDONS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900410515     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514526139     Document Type: Article

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