Exercise-therapy and education for individuals one year after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Table 3 Participant characteristics at baseline

	Lower-limb focussed group (n=17)	Trunk-focussed group (n=10)
Age, mean±SD years	34±12	33±12
Sex, no. (% male)	6 (35%)	7 (70%)
Body mass index, mean±SD kg/m²	24.7±2.8	25.4±3.8
Pre-injury activity level^a, no. (%)
Level 1 or 2	19 (53%)	10 (100%)
Level 3	6 (35%)	0 (0%)
Level 4	2 (12%)	0 (0%)
Concomitant meniscal procedure^b, no. (%)	9 (53%)	3 (30%)
Ceased supervised PT, median (IQR) months	7 (6)	6 (5)

SD Standard deviation, PT Physiotherapy
^a According to Grindem classification system [32]. Level 1=pivoting/jumping/hard cutting sports (e.g. football), Level 2=pivoting/jumping sports but less intense cutting (e.g. volleyball), Level 3 sports=straight line activities (e.g. running, weight-lifting), and Level 4=sedentary
^b at the time of ACLR, reported by participants at baseline assessment

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