Comparison of proprioception recovery following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using an artificial graft versus an autograft

Table 3 Demographic and clinical patient characteristics analyzed by time from injury to ACLR more or less than one year

Characteristic	Time from injury to ACLR operation(years)		P value
Characteristic	> 1(n = 18)	< 1(n = 22)	P value
Age (years)	35 ± 10 (17–49)	37 ± 12 (20–51)	NS^a
Male/Female(n)	13/5	18/4	NS^c
BMI (kg/m²)	25.1 ± 4.3	24.8 ± 4.9	NS^a
Type of surgery: autograft/LARS (n)	11/7	9/13	NS^c
Lysholm Scale score	47.2 ± 8.3	54.1 ± 9.6	NS^b
Tegner score (pre-operation)	2 (1–2/1)	2 (1–3/1)	NS^b
Tegner score (12 months post-operation)	3 (3–4/0)	3 (2–5/0)	NS^b
IKDC score	49.8 ± 16.3	52.6 ± 18.7	NS^b

Data were expressed as mean ± SD (range) unless otherwise indicated, Tegner scores were presented as median (range / IQR); ACLR Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, BMI Body mass index, IKDC International Knee Documentation Committee, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range, NS Statistically non-significant
^aCalculated by Unpaired t-test. ^bCalculated by Mann-Whitney U test. ^cCalculated by Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables between two groups

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