The patient with symptomatic chronic anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency

Abstract

Forty-nine patients with 51 chronic symptomatic ante rior cruciate deficient knees were studied retrospec tively by chart review and follow-up examination an average of 5.8 years postinjury and 1.5 years from arthroscopic evaluation, with or without arthroscopic surgery, and the institution of a conservative rehabili tation program. Subjective evaluation of function was obtained by questionnaire.