Higher Day of Surgery Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 Concentration Is Associated With Failing to Achieve the KOOS-4 and IKDC Patient Acceptable Symptom State at 6 Years After ACL Reconstruction
This day of surgery blood test may be helpful in identifying patients at risk of a poor outcome 6 years after ACL reconstruction. In turn, this could help define a target group for evaluating interventions aimed at preventing posttraumatic arthritis.
Authors
- Natasha Vassileff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-4496)
- Haydn J. Klemm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9074-3136)
- L. Batty
- A. O. Hill
- Brian M. Devitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-6996)
- Jereme G. Spiers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5872-8983)
- Minh Huynh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-7482)
- Julian A. Feller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5737-4519)
- Timothy S. Whitehead
- Kate E. Webster
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Western Health (AU)
- Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre (AU)
- Sports Surgery Clinic (IE)
- Victoria University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465261416921
- Primary Topic
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00