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Table 6 Time to reach diagnosis

From: Evaluating the diagnostic pathway for acute ACL injuries in trauma centres: a systematic review

Author

Study components

Study reference number

Meantime to reach diagnosis (days)

Sample size

Mean number of appointments to reach diagnosis

Ball et al. 2010 [12]

Before acute knee clinic (AKC)

1

123

100

5

Post-AKC

2

14

100

1

Lee and Yun 2019 [17]  

Ultrasound

3

3.8

62

2

Hardy et al. 2017 [3]

Follow up arranged

4

29

120

Follow up arranged with initial diagnosis removed

5

46

101

No follow up arranged

6

198

43

No follow up arranged with initial diagnosis removed

7

229

40

Wang et al. 2016 [7]

Aspirated knee group’

8

6.7

18

Non-aspirated

9

6.0

42

Parwaiz et al. 2016 [6]

Those presenting to an Emergency Department

Not documented – although only 5% reached initially

78

Clifford et al. 2021 [9]

Whole Participant sample

10

115

61

3.3

Meta Mean

11

68.60

  1. Table 6 showing the allocated study reference number for the sub-study components, including sample size, the meantime to reach diagnosis, and the mean number of appointments to reach diagnosis