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Table 4 Distribution of patients with both Lachman and pivot-shift test ≤ grade 1 according to the time of initiating the non-operative treatment

From: Is it worth to perform initial non-operative treatment for patients with acute ACL injury?: a prospective cohort prognostic study

Initial

Lachman test and pivot-shift test

Lachman and pivot-shift ≤ G1(at 1-year follow-up) according to the time of initiating the treatment

<  1 week

1 ~ <  2 weeks

2 ~ <  3 weeks

3 ~ <  4 weeks

 

L0P0 (n = 34)

11/11 (100%)

10/10 (100%)

4/4 (100%)

9/9 (100%)

 

L0P1 (n = 12)

2/2 (100%)

0/0

3/3 (100%)

6/7 (85%)

 

L1P0 (n = 12)

4/4 (100%)

5/5 (100%)

1/1 (100%)

2/2 (100%)

 

L1P1 (n = 13)

3/4 (75%)

3/3 (100%)

1/2 (50%)

2/4 (50%)

 

L0P2 (n = 0)

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

 

L2P0 (n = 5)

4/4 (100%)

0/0

0/0

0/1 (0%)

 

L1P2 (n = 1)

1/1 (100%)

0/0

0/0

0/0

 

L2P1 (n = 6)

4/4 (100%)

0/0

0/0

1/2 (50%)

 

L2P2 (n = 2)

1/1 (100%)

0/0

0/1 (0%)

0/0

 

Total (n = 85)

30/31 (96.8%)

18/18 (100%)

9/11 (81.8%)

20/25 (80.0%)

P = 0.043

  1. L* Lachman test grade*, P* pivot-shift test grade* (i.e., P0L0 = pivot-shift test grade 0 and Lachman test grade 0)