Effect of Initial Graft Tension on Knee Osteoarthritis Outcomes After ACL Reconstruction: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial With 15-Year Follow-up
The results do not support the hypotheses that patients in the high-tension group would have better chondroprotection compared with the low-tension group and have equivalent outcomes with the matched controls. Overall, the results show that patients undergoing ACLR are more likely to develop PTOA and display inferior outcomes compared with the uninjured matched control group, regardless of graft tension.
Authors
- Michael J. Hulstyn
- Braden C. Fleming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-425X)
- Robert M. Shalvoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6157-0387)
- Ata M. Kiapour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-5769)
- Meggin Q. Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4444-1177)
- Cynthia A. Chrostek
- Holly Gil
- Paul D. Fadale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-9356)
- Sergio Ferrara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0377-9630)
- Gary J. Badger
- Eileen Fleming
- Anika N. Breker
Institutions
- University of Vermont (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Rhode Island Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671251320972
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01
Funders
- National Institutes of Health