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Gender and sport can effect the risk of full-thickness cartilage lesions in ACL-injured knees
Intoduction
That's the results of study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM). The study included almost 16.000 pasients, and evaluated risk factors for full-thickness cartilage lesions.
The presence of an articular cartilage lesion in ACL-injured knees is considered a predictor of osteoarthritis.
This study, led by Jan Harald Røtterud (Orthopedics Department, Akershus University Hospital), was undertaken to evaluate risk factors for full-thickness cartilage lesions in ACL-injured knees. In particular the role of gender and the sport causing the initial injury was examined.
Large number of «participants»
«Only» persons with unilateral ACL reconstructions prospectively registered in the Swedish and the Norwegian National Knee Ligament Registry during 2005 through 2008 were included. That included no fewer than 15.783 patients.
Logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate risk factors for cartilage lesions.
A total of 1012 patients (6.4 %) had full-thickness cartilage lesions, and the amount of time from the injury occurred to the time of operation varied significantly. The average time was nine months.
Male team handball players at risk
Male patients had increased odds of full-thickness cartilage lesions compared with female patients. Among the men, team handball players had a greater risk of incurring full-thickness cartilage lesions compared with male soccer players.
Among female patients, no sport investigated showed a significant decrease or increase in the odds than the others.
The risk of incurring full-thickness cartilage lesions for all patients increased each month elapsed from the time of injury until ACL reconstruction, unless they the patients were reconstructed within a year.
The risk for full-thickness cartilage lesions increased with patient age, and the odds increased if the patient had undergone previous surgery.
Read the whole article as published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine (pdf).
The study “Effect of Gender and Sports on the Risk of Full-Thickness Articular Cartilage Lesions in Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Injured Knees(A Nationwide Cohort Study From Sweden and Norway of 15 783 Patients” was led by Doctor Jan Harald Røtterud, and conducted in cooperation with Einar A. Sivertsen, Magnus Forssblad, Lars Engebretsen and Asbjørn Årøen.