I haven't done a knee score report in quite some time (May 2019). I like to do these when rehab is going as planned with no major hiccups in the way. That hasn't really happened in the last 17 months until recently, hence the gap!
There are some notable improvements both overall and compared to last test. I definitely have added functionality. I can do more running, broad jumps, skipping, Nordic skiing. I see my high looking scores from May 2018, but honestly it's all relative (you don't know what you don't know) and the questionnaires are not all inclusive. That high score in 2018 was just after my first mountain bike ride, but I was not hiking and took another year to get to running, so capacity was quite low despite the high numbers. I do not believe my 2018 80 Lysholm and 82 Kajula are the same levels as last month's 80 Lysholm an 83 Kajula. I take them with a grain of salt, but I am looking for overall trends. In the KOOS scores, overall lots of improvements in all the categories compared to the first time I took the test as one would hope! Compared to last test 1.5 years ago, I have a big jump in sports/recreation category thanks to new skiing and other things I can do. My QoL seems to be the same however as last year (likely due to the lack of actual progress from numerous setbacks), same with pain and ADLs. Slight improvement in symptoms however. Overall, all category scores for the latest Day 1357 are looking "ok-ish" if you were to read them in a journal article, except for the QoL category, that is really on the low end in general. Tegner Activity Level - I am not quite a 5 so I labelled it as 4 even though 4 lacks some clarification. I can cross country ski and bike, but not at a competitive level where exertion is hard. I am running, but not yet on uneven ground. I feel like I could get there in 2021.
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Day 1400 is here and time to add one more "step" to my list!
I can see my summary updates are getting longer, there are many layers of recovery going on. I may pare them down later, but right now they feel like they just happened. I really hope I am able to report in the next step 1400-1500 that I have made it to agility. I believe I will, but the last few years have shown that you just never know what may happen, hard to plan things out or put a time frame on anything for fear of disappointment. Photo from last weekend's ski tour. Tour #3 of the month. I'm trying to be careful to monitor my outside fun so that I don't upset my rehab. |
AuthorA 45 year old active female who tore her ACL in January 2017 (at the age of 40). Reconstructive surgery in February 2017 with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Archives
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