2023 ISAKOS Biennial Congress ePoster
Injury Profiles in Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Janina Kaarre, MD, MSc, Pittsburgh UNITED STATES
Balint Zsidai, Budapest, --------- HUNGARY
Philipp W. Winkler , MD , Munich GERMANY
Eric Narup SWEDEN
Alexandra Horvath , MD, MSc, Gothenburg SWEDEN
Eleonor Svantesson, MD, Gothenburg SWEDEN
Eric Hamrin Senorski, PT, PhD, MSc, Västra Frölunda SWEDEN
Volker Musahl, MD, Prof., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania UNITED STATES
Kristian Samuelsson, Prof, MD, PhD, MSc, Mölndal, Västra Götalands län SWEDEN
Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Mölndal/Gothenburg , SWEDEN
FDA Status Not Applicable
Summary
Different patient characteristics (BMI, age and sex), and activities at the time of injury (sport- versus traffic-related activities), resulted in distinct injury profiles for the ACL and PCL groups.
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Abstract
Purpose
To compare patient characteristics including patient sex, age, body mass index (BMI), activities at the time of injury and injury profiles in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries.
Methods
Data were obtained from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Registry. Two study groups were created: 1) index ACL reconstruction (ACL group) and 2) index PCL reconstruction (PCL group). Between-group differences were investigated using Fisher’s exact test and Fisher’s non-parametric permutation test for dichotomous variables and continuous variables, respectively.
Results
Of 39,010 patients, 38,904 were ACL injuries. A larger proportion of patients with combined injuries to the PCL, meniscus and cartilage were female, aged > 25 years and with a BMI of > 35 kg/m2 compared with patients with combined injuries to the ACL, meniscus and cartilage. An isolated ACL injury was more commonly found in males, while all other injury profiles of ACL, including combined injuries with meniscus, cartilage and collateral ligament injuries, were more frequently observed in females. The PCL injuries were sustained either during pivoting sports, non-pivoting sports or were traffic-related.
Conclusion
Different patient characteristics (BMI, age and sex), and activities at the time of injury (sport- versus traffic-related activities), resulted in distinct injury profiles for the ACL and PCL groups. These findings provide valuable information to increase our understanding of the way specific injury patterns of cruciate ligament injuries occur and this may therefore help clinicians with the diagnostic process of ACL and PCL injuries.