Von Porat et al14 | N = 205; age, 38 (30–56) | 89/65* | 7.8% (9 op & 3 non-op) | 14 | – | 78%** in both groups | *154 answered questionnaire |
| Soccer male | | | | | | **122 players with radiological exam |
McDaniel & Dameron32 | N = 50 (53 knees) | Non-operative | 74%* | 14 | – | 86% | *Returned to strenuous sport |
Fink et al13 | N = 71 (84%) in sports activity Skiing: 63%, Soccer: 24% | 46/25 | 44% reduction in op/70% reduction in non-op* | 10–13 | 0 | 78%/83% | *Reduction in high risk sports participation |
Myklebust et al9 | N = 79 (♂: 29, ♀: 50) | 57/22 | 58%/82% | 6–11 | 13% * | 42%/46%** | *BPTB reconstructed |
| Team handball | | | | | | **Radiological exam of 50 players |
Drogset & Grøntvedt21 | N = 100 (♂: 45, ♀: 55) | Reconstruction with LAD (n = 49) | – | 8 | 12%* | 50% | *All occurred in pivoting activities |
| Different sports activities | Without LAD (n = 51) | | | | | |
Roos et al10 | N = 310 (♂: 213, ♀: 97) | 157/153 | 22%/19%* | 7 | – | Not examined | None of the players played at the same level as before injury |
| Soccer | | | | | | |
Ruiz et al33 | N = 30 (♂: 21/♀: 9) | Reconstruction | 12 patients changed first choice sport* | 7 (5–9) | 3.3% | 50% | *Change not attributed to knee pathology alone |
| Football: 11 Rugby: 12 Other: 7 | STG: 4 | | | | | |
| | BPTB: 26 | | | | | |
Johma et al34 | N = 59 | BPTB | – | 7 | 10% | 57% | |
Scavenius et al35 | N = 33 (♂: 20/♀: 13) | Non-operative | 9% | 7 | – | Not examined | |
| Mostly soccer, handball, alpine skiing | | | | | | |
Jennings et al36 | N = 50 (♂: 32/♀: 18) | BPTB | 32% same level, 94% lower level | 5.2 | – | Not examined | |
Brandsson et al28 | N = 102* (♂: 74/♀: 38) | BPTB | – | 4–7 | 2.9% | Not examined | *The 3 players with re-rupture were excluded |
Howe et al37 | N = 83 | BPTB | – | 5 | – | 37%* | *Reported medial joint space narrowing |
Pinczewski et al38 | N = 180 (♂: 95/♀: 85)* | BPTB: N = 90 | – | 5 | BPTB: 3% | 12%** | *No information on sports participation. **BPTB: 18% |
| | Hamstrings: N = 90 | | | Hamstrings: 8% | | Hamstrings: 4% |
Otto et al19 | N = 68 (♂: 49/♀: 19) | BPTB | 38% preinjury level, 15% higher level | 5 | 4.4% | 24% | |
| Pivoting/side stepping sports | | | | | | |
Sandberg & Balkfors18 | N = 112 (♂: 75/♀: 37) | BPTB | 35% returned to same level (soccer) | 5 | 9.8% | Not examined | |
| Different sports, soccer:72% | | 25% quit, rest only fitness training | (2–11) | | | |
Ferretti et al39 | N = 114 | Hamstrings | 67% same level | 5 | – | 25.4% | *No description of type of sports |
| | | 32% reduced participation | | | | |
| | | 1 increased level * | | | | |
Cooley et al40 | N = 33 | Hamstrings | 45% maintained activity level | 5 | 3%** | 5% | *Not due to knee limitations |
| | | 55% reduced activity level* | | | | **Was excluded from follow up together with patient with meniscectomy |
Patel et al41 | N = 32 (♂: 8/♀: 24) | BPTB | 41% | 5 | 9% | 28% | |
| 88% from “sporting activities” | | | | | | |
Wang et al42 | N = 44 (♂: 32/♀: 12) | BPTB | – | 4.8 | – | 61% | |
| 2/3 sports related | | | | | | |
Bak et al43 | N = 132(♂: 117/♀: 15) | Hamstrings | 68% same level | 4 | 3%* | Not examined | *20% among females |
| Soccer | | 29% lower level | | | | |