Table 3 Answers from the telephone questionnaire and EQ-5D from the revision ACLR (n = 78) and primary ACLR groups (n = 78) at follow-up

Knee function (0–10)

7 (2–10; 6–8)

8 (3–10; 7–9)

 < 0.001

Satisfaction with knee function (1–10)

 ACLR knee

7 (1–10; 6–8)

8 (4–10; 7–9)

 < 0.001

 Uninjured knee

10 (1–10; 9–10)

10 (5–10; 10–10)

0.050

I feel limited when exercising (1–10)

7 (1–10; 4–8)

8 (4–10; 6–9)

 < 0.001

Satisfaction with activity level (1–10)

8 (1–10; 5–9)

8 (1–10; 6–10)

0.281

Tegner Activity Scale

 Before first injury

9 (2–10; 8–9)

9 (2–10; 7–9)

0.177

 After first ACLR

8 (2–10; 6–9)

7 (1–10; 3–9)

0.067

 After second ACLR

5 (1–10; 2–8)

 At follow-up

2 (1–10; 2–5)

4 (1–10; 2–7)

0.229

Time last week (at follow-up) for:

 Everyday activities, minutes^a

0.003

 0

2 (3)

1 (1)

  < 30

1 (1)

0 (0)

 30–60

4 (5)

1 (1)

 60–90

5 (6)

2 (3)

 90–150

12 (15)

8 (10)

 150–300

17 (22)

10 (13)

  > 300

37 (47)

55 (71)

Physical activities, minutes^b

0.103

 0

12 (15)

14 (19)

  < 30

0 (0)

3 (4)

 30–60

2 (3)

4 (5)

 60–90

3 (4)

4 (5)

 90–120

4 (5)

5 (7)

  > 120

57 (73)

45 (60)

Reaching the WHO’s recommendation for physical activity, n (%)^c

74 (95)

74 (96)

0.705

EQ-5D (0–1)^d

0.86 ± 0.17 (0.82–0.91)

0.89 ± 0.11 (0.87–0.92)

-0.02 (-0.07 − 0.03)

0.427

EQ-5D VAS (0–100)^d

79.2 ± 20.1 (74.2–84.3)

86.0 ± 11.6 (83.3–88.8)

-7.5 (-13.3 − 1.7)

0.012