The Long-term Consequence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Meniscus Injuries

By L. Lohmander, P. Englund, L. Dahl, E. Roos. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2007

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Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in soccer players. Part 1: Mechanisms of injury and underlying risk factors (2009, background): “While there has been recent scientific efforts focused on ACL injury treatment strategies, it is well established that surgical reconstruction does not reduce the increased risk for developing knee osteoarthritis after a traumatic knee injury is sustained [42, 106, 120, 134].”
Non-contact ACL injuries in female athletes: an International Olympic Committee current concepts statement (2008, background): “It is not clear if it is the associated meniscus tear at baseline, the development of a secondary meniscus injury, the meniscectomy or all of these that constitute risk factors for the development of osteoarthritis of the knee.(72) Articular cartilage lesions were reported in 712 knees (26%) in the ”
Winner of the 2008 Systematic Review Competition: Knee Osteoarthritis after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (2009, background): “prevalence of knee OA, with a prevalence ranging between 10% and 90%.(12,25,46) Clearly, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions with respect to the development of knee OA after an ACL injury, although it is commonly claimed that on average 50% of patients with ACL injury will develop knee OA in th”