ACL Injuries in Children and Adolescents: Pluto Update

Mininder Kocher, MD MPH, Boston, MA UNITED STATES
Boston Children's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, UNITED STATES

Summary

This presentation overviews findings from PLUTO, the prospective multicenter pediatric ACL cohort.

Abstract

This presentation provides an update on PLUTO, the prospective multicenter pediatric ACL cohort. The presentation will review the study design, modification and validation of the Pedi-IKDC, systematics reviews, baseline epidemiology, reliability studies, predictors of chondral and meniscal injury, baseline leg length discrepancy and angular deformity, and 2 yr clinical outcomes.

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