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Table 4 Months from index ACL reconstruction to return to training with restrictions, return to unrestricted sport, and ACL re-rupture for each patient

From: ‘I was young, I wanted to return to sport, and re-ruptured my ACL’ – young active female patients’ voices on the experience of sustaining an ACL re-rupture, a qualitative study

Time in months from index ACL reconstruction to:

Patient

Return to training with restrictions

Return to unrestricted sport

ACL re-rupture

Time of interview

Treated with ACL revision

1

9

10

10

29

2

5

15

23

42

3

n/a

n/a

4

23

4

9

10

10

31

5

4

n/a

15

45

6

9

12

12

47

7

6

10

16

54

8

5

10

12

54

9

10

12

12

59

10

11

12

12

59

11

10

12

17

68

12

5

11

11

47

13

12

24

26

70

14

10

11

15

27

15

9

11

11

29

  1. n/a not applicable (patient not reaching stated goal), ACL Anterior Cruciate Ligament, revision: second ACL reconstruction performed after re-rupture