Association between radiographic anterior cruciate ligament tear and joint symptoms: Data from the osteoarthritis initiative

Introduction Symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) in the knee is defined as the presence of OA radiographic features in combination with knee symptoms. Pain has not been shown to correlate meaningfully to radiographic severity. We aimed to determine the relationship between a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) with knee symptoms and radiographic OA. Methods A within‐person, between‐knee cross‐sectional study of 37 participants from the...