Males have higher psychological readiness to return to sports than females after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Anja Obradovic, Marko Manojlovic, Aleksandra Rajcic, Stefan Jankovic, Nikola Andric, Vuk Ralic, Tamara Zlicic, Branko Aleksic, Srdjan Ninkovic, Aleksander Veraksa, Patrik Drid · 2024
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Anja Obradovic and co-authors pool, in a 2024 meta-analysis, studies of how mentally ready men and women feel to return to sport after knee ligament reconstruction. The anterior cruciate ligament is commonly rebuilt, yet the mind can lag behind the healed knee. The team searched three databases for studies comparing the sexes on a standard readiness scale. Eleven reports covering more than twenty-six hundred patients qualified.
Men scored slightly higher on readiness than women, on average near nine months after surgery. Both sexes, on average, cleared the scale's usual return-to-sport threshold, men more comfortably. The gap, though modest, was consistent across studies. The authors suggest rehabilitation should treat confidence and fear as training targets in their own right, with attention to the slower mental recovery many women report.
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| CREATOR | Anja Obradovic, Marko Manojlovic, Aleksandra Rajcic, Stefan Jankovic, Nikola Andric, Vuk Ralic, Tamara Zlicic, Branko Aleksic, Srdjan Ninkovic, Aleksander Veraksa, Patrik Drid |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |