One in 5 athletes sustain reinjury upon return to high-risk sports after ACL reconstruction: a systematic review in 1239 athletes younger than 20 years

S Barber-Westin, FR Noyes - Sports Health, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Context: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) is frequently performed in
patients younger than 20 years whose goal is to return to sport (RTS). Varying reinjury rates …

[HTML][HTML] Graft healing after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR)

S Yao, BSC Fu, PSH Yung - Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is a commonly performed procedure in
Orthopaedic sports medicine. With advances in surgical techniques providing better …

MRI volume and signal intensity of ACL graft predict clinical, functional, and patient-oriented outcome measures after ACL reconstruction

AM Biercevicz, MR Akelman… - … American journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Clinical, functional, and patient-oriented outcomes are commonly used to
evaluate the efficacy of treatments after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury; however …

Quantitative MRI UTE-T2* and T2* show progressive and continued graft maturation over 2 years in human patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

CR Chu, AA Williams - Orthopaedic journal of sports …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Noninvasive quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures to
assess anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft maturity are needed to help inform return to …

Automated magnetic resonance image segmentation of the anterior cruciate ligament

SW Flannery, AM Kiapour, DJ Edgar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to develop an automated segmentation method for the
anterior cruciate ligament that is capable of facilitating quantitative assessments of the …

Assessment of anterior cruciate ligament graft maturity with conventional magnetic resonance imaging: a systematic literature review

P Van Dyck, K Zazulia, C Smekens… - … journal of sports …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal intensity (SI) measurements are
being used increasingly in both clinical and research studies to assess the maturity of …

Size and shape of the human anterior cruciate ligament and the impact of sex and skeletal growth: a systematic review

SG Cone, D Howe, MB Fisher - JBJS reviews, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: High rates of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and surgical reconstruction
in both skeletally immature and mature populations have led to many studies investigating …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-specific and surgery-specific factors that affect return to sport after ACL reconstruction

R Joreitz, A Lynch, S Rabuck, B Lynch… - … journal of sports …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Variable RTS rates are presented in the literature due to variable definitions of RTS
ranging from a high threshold (return to competition) to low threshold (physician clearance …

The graft bending angle can affect early graft healing after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: in vivo analysis with 2 years' follow-up

Y Tashiro, T Gale, V Sundaram… - … American Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: A high graft bending angle (GBA) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
reconstruction has been suggested to cause stress on the graft. Nevertheless, evidence …

A transfer learning approach for automatic segmentation of the surgically treated anterior cruciate ligament

SW Flannery, AM Kiapour, DJ Edgar… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging enables quantitative assessment of the healing
anterior cruciate ligament or graft post‐surgery, but its use is constrained by the need for …