Predictors of Anterior Patellofemoral Pain After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Predictors of Anterior Patellofemoral Pain After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Observational, ambispective, longitudinal, monocentric, open cohort study of a population of adult patients operated on for ACL reconstruction and receiving postoperative follow-up.

On a large population of adult patients operated on for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and followed over a 12-month period under standard medical practice conditions.

Primary objective: to investigate, six months after surgery, the presence of patellofemoral pain and to evaluate the factors predictive of the occurrence of such pain.

Secondary objectives:

• Evaluate the incidence of patellofemoral pain at 12 months.
• Compare the functional status of patients with and without patellofemoral pain at 6 and 12 months.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient aged 18 or over
• Patient who has been informed of the research and does not object to data collection
• Patient who has undergone or is about to undergo ACL ligamentoplasty surgery
• Regularly followed-up patient for whom the data required by the protocol will be available in the medical record History of contralateral ACL rupture

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of associated fracture
• History of multi-ligament reconstruction