Study: ACL reconstruction is linked to Knee Osteoarthritis

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PRIOR ACLR RELATED TO KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (Orthopedics This Week)
If you are a young athlete who had anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) you have a 33% chance of getting osteoarthritis of the knee within a year. That is the result of a study conducted by Adam Culvenor of the University of Queensland School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in Brisbane, Australia. The study was published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
According to MedPage Today, which reported on the study, 21 patients or 19% of 111 participants who had undergone ACLR a year earlier met the MRI criteria for t...

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