New research published in Arthritis & Rheumatology reports that osteoarthritis (OA) is more common in patients following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, commonly known as ACL surgery, than in those with uninjured knees. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of 111 participants, 20 years of age and older, were taken one year post-ACL reconstruction and MRI osteoarthritis knee score (MOAKS) was used to evaluate OA. MRI-OA was visible in the medial (6% of participants), and lateral (11%) tibiofemoral, and patellofemoral (17%) compartments, with the patellofemoral compartment being at particular OA risk in men.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.39005/abstract
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