Prevalence of Early Knee Osteoarthritis Illness Among Various Patient-Reported Classification Criteria After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Regardless of the classification criteria used to define early OA illness, it is concerning that 28-54% of patients report considerable symptoms at ~6 months post-ACLR. Our findings will improve the classification criteria to define early OA illness, which may raise awareness for the need of population-specific criteria. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.