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

Table 8 Patient-reported outcomes for high- and low-volume clinics, all follow-ups, first 12 months after ACL-reconstruction

PROs	Group	2 months	4 months	8 months	12 months
K-SES₁₈ present	HV	4.5 ± 1.8*	6.3 ± 1.7	8.2 ± 1.2	8.9 ± 1.1
K-SES₁₈ present	LV	3.9 ± 1.7	6.0 ± 1.6	8.0 ± 1.1	8.8 ± 1.1
K-SES₁₈ future	HV	7.6 ± 1.6	7.6 ± 1.6	7.8 ± 1.6	7.9 ± 1.6
K-SES₁₈ future	LV	7.5 ± 1.6	7.7 ± 1.4	7.9 ± 1.2	7.9 ± 1.4
KOOS-pain	HV	79.9 ± 12.2	84.2 ± 10.1	88.9 ± 9.1	90.5 ± 10.4
KOOS-pain	LV	78.1 ± 12.3	83.5 ± 10.6	87.7. ± 10.4	90.2 ± 9.8
KOOS-symptom	HV	67.2 ± 15.9	74.9 ± 14.5	80.7 ± 14.4	83.6 ± 13.5
KOOS-symptom	LV	66.4 ± 16.6	75.0 ± 14.3	79.1 ± 16.3	83.3 ± 15.5
KOOS-sports	HV	34.1 ± 22.0*	52.8 ± 21.9	72.7 ± 17.7	80.9 ± 17.2
KOOS-sports	LV	27.2 ± 20.4	51.8 ± 20.6	70.9 ± 16.0	78.6 ± 17.8
KOOS-quality	HV	40.4 ± 16.2	48.1 ± 16.3	58.5 ± 17.3	67.2 ± 16.3
KOOS-quality	LV	37.7 ± 16.6	46.9 ± 14.8	57.9 ± 16.3	65.3 ± 18.1
ACL-RSI	HV			66.7 ± 30.0	77.7 ± 29.2*
ACL-RSI	LV			59.6 ± 31.9	69.3 ± 32.9

PROs patient-reported outcomes, K-SES₁₈ knee self-efficacy scale, KOOS knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score, ACL-RSI anterior cruciate ligament return to sports index, HV high-volume clinic, LV low-volume clinic
*Significant (p < 0.05) difference between HV and LV clinics. Results are presented as mean ± SD

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