Health-related quality of life after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Purpose  

Recently the patients’ own evaluation has become an important complement to post-operative clinical assessments. For many patients, there is a change in life situation after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL), which may affect the health-related quality of life in many ways. The aims of the study were to evaluate the results in terms of health-related quality of life 2–7 years after an ACL reconstruction and to compare the results with a gender- and age-matched control group. Furthermore, to compare the results for males and females using either the bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft (BPTB) or hamstring tendon autograft (HT).