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Table 4 Summary of included original studies investigating ‘supervised rehabilitation duration’

From: The Influence, Barriers to and Facilitators of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation Adherence and Participation: a Scoping Review

Author (year)

Design

Population

Investigation

OM assessment (months)

OMs

n

Age (mean)

Sex

Graft

Activity level

Ebert et al. (2019) [50]

Retrospective

111

27.3

M 73

F 38

HS

Noyes level 1 or 2 sports participation

Level of post-operative rehabilitation completed (7 point scale)

12.5 (at RTS)

NSARS, single hop for distance, triple hop for distance, 6 m timed hop, triple crossover hop for distance, isokinetic Fl and ext (90deg/sec)

Edwards et al. (2017) [51]

Retrospective

113

27

M 75

F 38

HS

Noyes level 1 or 2 sports participation

Level of post-operative rehabilitation completed (7 point scale)

10-14

IKDC subjective knee evaluation, NSARS, single hop for distance, triple hop for distance, 6m timed hop, triple crossover hop for distance, isokinetic Fl and ext (90deg/sec), pass/fail of the test battery

Krolikowska et al. (2018) [52]

Retrospective

38

29.7

M 38

HS

Sports participation

Supervised rehabilitation < 6 months and > 6 months

Average of 2 years

IKDC knee evaluation form, DL and SL vertical hop analysis, Lachman’s, pivot shift

Krolikowska et al. (2018) [53]

Prospective

35

27.3

M 35

HS

Not stated

Supervised rehabilitation < 6 months and > 6 months

7 (end of stage 4)

IKDC knee evaluation form, DL and SL vertical hop analysis

Krolikowska et al. (2019) [54]

Retrospective

143

29.3

M 143

HS

Sports participation (but not high level)

Supervised rehabilitation < 6 months and > 6 months

7 (end of stage 4)

Isokinetic Fl (180deg/sec)

Krolikowska et al. (2018) [55]

Retrospective

30

26.1

M 30

HS

Sports participation

Supervised rehabilitation < 3 months and > 6 months

8

IKDC knee examination Form, VAS pain, agility test (speed and time)

Krolikowska et al. (2018) [56]

Retrospective

30

26.2

M 30

HS

Sports participation (but not high level)

Supervised rehabilitation < 3 months and > 6 months

8

Isokinetic Fl and ext (180deg/sec and 60deg/sec)

Rosso et al. (2018) [57]

Retrospective

174

29.5

M 141

F 35

HS/BPTB

Sports participation

Supervised rehabilitation < 3 months and > 3 months

3.75 years

IKDC knee evaluation form, pivot shift, Lachman’s, anterior crackling, single hop for distance, Lysholm knee score, IKDC subjective knee evaluation, return to sport status, SPORTS score, ACL-RSI, re-rupture

  1. ACL anterior cruciate ligament, ACL-RSI anterior cruciate ligament—return to sport after injury, BPTB bone patella tendon bone, deg/sec degrees per second, DL double leg, ext extension, F female, Fl flexion, HS hamstring, IKDC International knee documentation committee, LSI limb symmetry index, m metre, M male, NSARS Noyes sports activity rating scale, SL single leg, SPORTS subjective patient outcome for return to sports