Table 2 Patient characteristics before surgery

Age, mean (sd)

30.1 (9.9)

30.3 (10.8)

0.80

Gender, N (%)

0.75

 Male

197 (58%)

202 (60%)

 Female

141 (42%)

136 (40%)

BMI, mean (sd)

24.4 (4.6)

24.2 (4.5)

0.27

Side of the injury, N (%)

0.62

 Right

182 (54%)

174 (52%)

 Left

155 (46%)

162 (48%)

 Missing data

1

2

Hospitalization, N(%)

0.09

 Ambulatories

292 (86%)

274 (81%)

 Classique

44 (14%)

60 (19%)

 Missing data

2

4

Subjective IKDC score before surgery, mean (sd)

59.7 (15.7)

58.6 (17.2)

0.49

LYSHOLM score before surgery, mean (sd)

72.5 (16.3)

72.3 (17.6)

0.97

TEGNER score before surgery, mean (sd)

6.9 (2.0)

7.0 (2.0)

0.72

Sport levels, N(%)

0.84

 Competition

129 (38%)

132 (39%)

 Occasional leisure

38 (11%)

34 (10%)

 Regular leisure

153 (45%)

150 (44%)

 Professional

9 (3%)

14 (4%)

 Sedentarys

9 (3%)

8 (2%)

Type of sports, N (%)

0.44

 No sport

8 (2%)

6 (2%)

 Pivot contact (football, hand, rugby, basket, judo)

175 (52%)

196 (58%)

 Pivot without contact (tennis, ski, badminton, volley)

103 (31%)

83 (25%)

 Without pivot (jogging, bicycle. swimming)

52 (15%)

53 (16%)

Delay injury—surgery in month, mean (sd)

4.0 (3.9)

4.3 (5.9)

0.41

 Missing data

9

3

Type of grafts used for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

 < 0.0001

 Simple Doubled semitendinous, doubled gracilis

134 (40%)

163 (49%)

 Biofast doubled semitendinous, doubled gracilis

34 (10%)

13 (4%)

 Quadrupled semitendinous techniques

143 (42%)

55 (17%)

 Modified Macintoch Fascia lata technique

14 (4%)

94 (28%)

 Bone patellar tendon bone technique

12 (4%)

8 (2%)

 Missing data

5

1

Associated of lateral stabilizing surgery such as Lemaire tenodesis or anterolateral ligament reconstruction

 Yes

135 (40%)

71 (21%)

 < 0.0001

 No

202 (60%)

266 (79%)

 Missing data

1

1

Association with meniscal lesion

0.12

 Yes

151 (45%)

130 (39%)

 No

184 (55%)

204 (61%)

 Missing data

3

4