Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Improves Functional Scores and QoL in Patients over 50 Years of Age: study

• All of these changes were statistically significant (P < .05).

• All of the parameter changes at Short Form-36 except for role limitations due to emotional problems were statistically significant.

The authors concluded that – “Improved functional knee scores, quality of life, and psychological status were achieved at anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patients older than 50 years of age.”

The authors commented – “The short postoperative follow-up period, small sample size, and lack of comparison with control groups are among the shortcomings of our study. The fact that we could not show to what extent the concomitant cartilage lesions and meniscal pathologies affected the results is another limitation. Finally, we did not note the level at which the patients returned to sports and in which sports they were engaged.”

Level of Evidence: Level IV, therapeutic case series.

Further reading:

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Improves Functional Scores and Quality of Life in Patients Older Than 50 Years of Age Batuhan Çokyas et al Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, Vol 5, No 6 (December), 2023: 100806 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2023.100806