Patellar tendon versus artificial grafts in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Overview of included studies

Study	Cause of the injury	Autograft			Synthetic graft
Study	Cause of the injury	Patients	Age	Sex	Patients	Age	Sex
Engstrom et al. [25]	Soccer and other pivoting sports	30	28	M14 F16	30	23.4	M21 F9
Muren et al. [26]	NS	20	25	M13 F7	20	23	M16 F4
Grøntvedt and Engebretsen [27]	Soccer, team handball, and other sporting activities	26	NR	NR	22	NR	NR
Nau et al. [28]	NS	27	30.9	M15 F12	26	31	M21 F5
Ghalayini et al. [29]	NS	26	30.9	M19 F7	24	31.7	M21 F3
Peterson et al. [30]	NS	86	27	35	74	27	49
Elveos et al. [24]	Soccer, team handball, and other sporting activities	48	25	NR	45	27	NR

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