About half of ACL surgeries end with a return to competitive play

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About half of ACL surgeries end with a return to competitive play

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most athletes who undergo ACL reconstruction surgery do return to some form of sport, but only 55 percent will return to competitive level sports, an updated review suggests. About 200,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injuries happen each year in the United States, and half of those injuries are surgically repaired, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. ?I think we used to presume that everyone returned to their sport after surgery, especially since one of the main reasons why people have surgery is because they want to return to sport,? said lead author Clare L. Ardern. ?But clearly these results show that this is not the case.? ?I think this is lower than what we previously assumed was the case, but having said that, this doesn?t mean that people stopped playing sport altogether,? said Ardern, of the School of Allied Health in the Faculty of Health Sciences at La Trobe University in Bundoora, Australia.

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