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Table 3 Demographics for patients, with available PROs-data, in high- and low-volume clinics, first 12 months after ACL-reconstruction

From: A comparison between physical therapy clinics with high and low rehabilitation volumes of patients with ACL reconstruction

 

HV

LV

P-value

n

477

281

 

Women, n (%)

274 (57.4%)

162 (57.5%)

1.00

Age (years)

31 ± 11

32 ± 11

0.42

Height (cm)

173 ± 9

174 ± 9

0.19

Weight (kg)

72 ± 13

73 ± 13

0.32

BMI (kg/m2)

23.8 ± 3.4

23.8 ± 3.2

0.99

Days between injury and reconstruction

269 ± 475

387 ± 908

0.05

Type of graft

 Hamstrings

375 (81%)

203 (80.8%)

0.88

 Patella

75 (16.2%)

41 (16.4%)

 Allograft

4 (0.9%)

4 (1.6%)

 Quadriceps

3 (0.6%)

1 (0.4%)

 Other

6 (1.3%)

2 (0.8%)

Tegner pre-injury, n (%)

 1

5 (1.0%)

1 (0.4%)

0.15

 2

10 (2.1%)

4 (1.4%)

 3

13 (2.7%)

8 (2.8%)

 4

26 (5.5%)

22 (7.8%)

 5

22 (4.6%)

19 (6.8%)

 6

42 (8.8%)

33 (11.7%)

 7

89 (18.7%)

31 (11.0%)

 8

87 (18.2%)

57 (20.3%)

 9

127 (26.6%)

77 (27.4%)

 10

56 (11.7%)

29 (10.3%)

  1. ACL anterior cruciate ligament, n number of patients, cm centimeters, kg kilogram, BMI body mass index, m meters, HV high-volume clinic, LV low-volume clinic, PROs patient reported outcomes
  2. For categorical variables, n (%) is presented
  3. For continuous variables, the mean ± SD is presented