Return‐to‐Sport Assessment After Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Shows Substantial Variability in Objective Criteria
Louis Kang, Gavin H Ward, Mario Hevesi, Kelechi R Okoroha, Daniel B F Saris, Christopher L Camp, Aaron J Krych, Adam J Tagliero · 2026
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Louis Kang and co-authors reviewed this 2026 literature on when athletes may safely return to sport after kneecap-stabilizing surgery. The operation rebuilds the ligament that keeps the kneecap tracking straight. Six studies covering 243 mostly young, mostly female patients reported objective return testing between 2000 and 2024. Strength, hop, and balance tests were the common tools, checked six to eight months after surgery.
Return rates ran from eighty-five to one hundred percent, at about six to eight months. Yet symmetry scores between the legs varied widely by test, and only fourteen to forty percent of patients met every criterion their study set. The authors' point is the variability itself: with no shared standard, a cleared athlete in one clinic might fail in another.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Louis Kang, Gavin H Ward, Mario Hevesi, Kelechi R Okoroha, Daniel B F Saris, Christopher L Camp, Aaron J Krych, Adam J Tagliero |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |