Authors and year | Study design | Quality assessment | Population | Return to sport evaluation |
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Noyes and Barber-Westin (1996)21 | Prospective observational study | 5 | Mixed | Sport activity preoperatively and at follow-up |
Johnson et al (1996)22 | Prospective observational study | 5 | Mixed | Sport activity frequency preoperatively and postoperatively |
Noyes and Barber-Westin (2001)23 | Prospective observational study | 3 | Mixed | Return to sports Cincinnati knee rating system |
O'Shea and Shelbourne (2002)12 | Prospective observational study | 3 | Mixed | Return to sports |
Taggart et al (2004)24 | Retrospective case series | 5 | Athletes | Return to same pre-injury sport Return to sport at any level |
Carson et al (2004)25 | Retrospective case series | 3 | Mixed | Return to sports |
O'Neill (2004)26 | Prospective observational study | 5 | Mixed | Return to same pre-injury sport Return to pivoting\cutting\contact |
Grossman et al (2005)10 | Retrospective case series | 3 | Mixed | Return to same pre-injury activity and sport Return to collegiate sport |
Thomas et al (2005)13 | Prospective comparative study | 4 | Mixed | Return to original level of sport activity |
Ferretti et al (2006)27 | Prospective observational study | 6 | Athletes | Return to same pre-injury sports Return to sports |
Garofalo et al (2006)28 | Prospective observational study | 6 | Athletes | Return to previous sport activity IKCD activity score |
Noyes and Barber-Westin (2006)29 | Prospective observational study | 3 | Mixed | Return to sport Cincinnati knee rating system |
Salmon et al (2006)30 | Prospective observational study | 4 | Mixed | IKDC activity score |
Battaglia et al (2007)31 | Prospective observational study | 3 | Mixed | Return to sport IKDC activity score |
Denti et al (2008)32 | Prospective observational study | 5 | Mixed | Return to same pre-injury sports |
Diamantopoulos et al (2008)33 | Prospective observational study | 5 | Mixed | Return to same pre-injury sport activity |
Wegrzyn et al (2009)34 | Retrospective case series | 4 | Mixed | Return to same pre-injury sports |
Muneta et al (2010)35 | Retrospective comparative study | 5 | Mixed | Return to sport activity equal to pre-injury level |
Reinhardt et al (2012)36 | Prospective observational study | 6 | Athletes | Return to same or higher activity\sport level IKDC activity score |
Franceschi et al (2013)37 | Prospective observational study | 5 | Mixed | Return to pre-injury sport level Return to lower non-impact sports |
Gifstad et al (2013)11 | Prospective observational study | 5 | Mixed | Return to same or better pre-injury sport level |
Buda et al (2013)38 | Prospective observational study | 6 | Athletes | Return to same pre-injury sport level Sport resumption at lower level |
Shelbourne et al (2014)39 | Prospective comparative study | 6 | Athletes | Return to same sport at previous level |
IKDC, International Knee Documentation Committee.