Anterior Cruciate Ligament Research Publications by MOON Knee Group

During the last two decades, physicians in the MOON Knee Group have published more than six dozen peer-reviewed research papers on the prevention, diagnosis, reconstruction and rehabilitation of anterior cruciate ligament injuries. More two dozen new articles have been published in the last five years alone.

To be considered a MOON Knee publication, the research results must have the support of more than three-quarters of the participating physicians.

ACL Research Scope

There are more than 3,500 ACL reconstruction surgery cases in the MOON Knee study. It is the first and only research group to enroll and follow several thousand ACL surgeries, with more than 80 percent follow-up at two, six and 10 years.

MOON Knee’s work covers:

ACL patient-reported outcomes
Predictors of ACL graft failure
Optimal graft choice for young athletes
Incidence and predictors of subsequent ACL surgery
Incidence and predictors of early post-traumatic osteoarthritis joint space narrowing

Researchers have published 76 papers based on MOON Knee Group ACL research. New research is published about six times a year.

Global High-Profile

MOON Knee research is one of the highest-profile and scientifically productive ACL registries in the world with thousands of citations. More than 20 MOON Knee publications have Relative Citation Ratios (RCR) in the top two percent of NIH-funded papers per NIH iCite.

Published ACL Surgery Outcomes Research from MOON Knee Group

Magnussen RA, Reinke EK, Huston LJ; MOON Knee Group, Briskin I, Cox CL, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Jones MH, Kaeding CC, Matava MJ, Parker RD, Smith MV, Wright RW, Spindler KP. “Neither Residual Anterior Knee Laxity Up to 6 mm nor a Pivot Glide Predict Patient-Reported Outcome Scores or Subsequent Knee Surgery Between 2 and 6 Years After ACL Reconstruction.” Am J Sports Med. 2021 Aug;49(10):2631-2637. doi: 10.1177/03635465211025003. Epub 2021 Jul 16. PMID: 34269610.
Hytham S Salem, Laura J Huston, Alexander Zajichek, Eric C McCarty, Armando F Vidal , Jonathan T Bravman , Kurt P Spindler, Rachel M Frank, MOON Knee Group; Annunziato Amendola, Jack T Andrish, Robert H Brophy, Morgan H Jones, Christopher C Kaeding, Robert G Marx , Matthew J Matava Richard D Parker, Michelle L Wolcott, Brian R Wolf, Rick W Wright. “Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Concomitant Meniscal Repair: Is Graft Choice Predictive of Meniscal Repair Success?” Orthop J Sports Med 2021 Sep 14;9(9):23259671211033584. doi: 10.1177/23259671211033584. eCollection 2021 Sep.
Sameer R Oak, William A Cantrell, Faysal Altahawi, Xiaojuan Li, Carl S Winalski, David C Flanigan, Emily K Reinke, Laura J Huston, Morgan H Jones, Kurt P Spindler. “Do bone-patellar tendon-bone ACL reconstructed knees have more MRI signs of patellofemoral post-traumatic osteoarthritis than their uninjured contralateral knee at 2 years?” Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Jan 12;9(1):2325967120973050. doi: 10.1177/2325967120973050. eCollection 2021 Jan.
MOON Group; Josh S Everhart, Morgan H Jones, Sercan Yalcin, Emily K Reinke, Laura J Huston, Jack T Andrish, Charles L Cox, David C Flanigan, Christopher C Kaeding, Robert A Magnussen, Nancy Obuchowski, Richard D Parker, Angela D Pedroza, Rosemary A Sanders, Carl S Winalski, Kurt P Spindler. “The clinical radiographic incidence of posttraumatic osteoarthritis 10 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: data from the MOON nested cohort” Am J Sports Med. 2021 Apr;49(5):1251-1261. doi: 10.1177/0363546521995182.
Robert G Marx , Isabel A Wolfe, Brooke E Turner, Laura J Huston, Caroline E Taber, Kurt P Spindler, MOON Group. “MOON’s strategy for obtaining over eighty percent follow-up at 10 years following ACL reconstruction.” J Bone Joint Surg Am 2021 Aug 23. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.21.00166. PMID: 34424872.
Hana Marmura, Dianne M Bryant, Trevor B Birmingham, Anita Kothari, Kurt P Spindler, Christopher C Kaeding, Tim Spalding, Alan M J Getgood. “Same knee, different goals: patients and surgeons have different priorities related to ACL reconstruction” Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Dec;29(12):4286-4295. doi: 10.1007/s00167-021-06550-7. Epub 2021 Apr 19. PMID: 33876273.
Hana Marmura, Alan M J Getgood, Kurt P Spindler, Michael W Kattan, Isaac Briskin, Dianne M Bryant. “Validation of a Risk Calculator to Personalize Graft Choice and Reduce Rupture Rates for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction” Am J Sports Med. 2021 Jun;49(7):1777-1785. doi: 10.1177/03635465211010798. Epub 2021 May 4. PMID: 33945339.
MOON Group; Josh S Everhart, Morgan H Jones, Sercan Yalcin, Emily K Reinke, Laura J Huston, Jack T Andrish, Charles L Cox, David C Flanigan, Christopher C Kaeding, Robert A Magnussen, Nancy Obuchowski, Richard D Parker, Angela D Pedroza, Rosemary A Sanders, Carl S Winalski 1, Kurt P Spindler. “The Clinical Radiographic Incidence of Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis 10 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Data From the MOON Nested Cohort”. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Apr;49(5):1251-1261. doi: 10.1177/0363546521995182. PMID: 33793363.
Robert H Brophy, Laura J Huston, Isaac Briskin, MOON Knee Group; Annunziato Amendola, Charles L Cox, Warren R Dunn, David C Flanigan, Morgan H Jones, Christopher C Kaeding, Robert G Marx, Matthew J Matava, Eric C McCarty, Richard D Parker, Armando F Vidal , Michelle L Wolcott, Brian R Wolf, Rick W Wright, Kurt P Spindler. “Articular Cartilage and Meniscus Predictors of Patient-Reported Outcomes 10 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Multicenter Cohort Study.” Am J Sports Med 2021 Sep;49(11):2878-2888. doi: 10.1177/03635465211028247. Epub 2021 Jul 29.
MOON Knee Group, Sullivan JP, Huston LJ, Zajichek A, Reinke EK, Andrish JT, Brophy RH, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, Matava MJ, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Vidal AF, Wolf BR, Wright RW, Spindler KP. “Incidence and Predictors of Subsequent Surgery After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 6-Year Follow-up Study.” Am J Sports Med. 2020 Aug;48(10):2418-2428. doi: 10.1177/0363546520935867.PMID: 32736502
MOON Knee Group, Spindler KP, Huston LJ, Zajichek A, Reinke EK, Amendola A, Brophy RH, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Jones MH, Keading CC, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Vidal AF, Wolcott ML, Wolf BR, Wright RW. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in High School and College-Aged Athletes: Does Autograft Choice Influence Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Rates? Am J Sports Med. 2020 Feb;48(2):298-309.
Ramkumar PN, Tariq MB; MOON Knee Group, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Brophy RH, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Huston LJ, Jones MH, Kaeding CC, Kattan MW, Marx RG, Matava MJ, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Vidal AF, Wolcott ML, Wolf BR, Wright RW, Spindler KP. Risk Factors for Loss to Follow-up in 3202 Patients at 2 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Implications for Identifying Health Disparities in the MOON Prospective Cohort Study. Am J Sports Med. 2019 Nov;47(13):3173-3180.
MOON Knee Group, Jones MH, Oak SR, Andrish JT, Brophy RH, Cox CL, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Fleming BC, Huston LJ, Kaeding CC, Kolosky M, Kuyumcu G, Lynch TS, Magnussen RA, Matava MJ, Parker RD, Reinke EK, Scaramuzza EA, Smith MV, Winalski C, Wright RW, Zajichek A, Spindler KP. Predictors of Radiographic Osteoarthritis 2 to 3 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Data from the MOON Onsite Nested Cohort. Orthop J Sports Med. 2019 Aug 30;7(8):2325967119867085.
Capin JJ, Failla M, Zarzycki R, Dix C, Johnson JL, Smith AH, Risberg MA, Huston LJ, Spindler KP, Snyder-Mackler L. Superior 2-Year Functional Outcomes Among Young Female Athletes After ACL Reconstruction in 10 Return-to-Sport Training Sessions: Comparison of ACL-SPORTS Randomized Controlled Trial with Delaware-Oslo and MOON Cohorts. Orthop J Sports Med. 2019 Aug 1;7(8):2325967119861311.
Westermann RW, Marx RG, Spindler KP, Huston LJ; MOON Knee Group, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Brophy RH, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Jones MH, Kaeding CC, Matava MJ, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Reinke EK, Vidal AF, Wolcott ML, Wolf BR. No Difference Between Posterolateral Corner Repair and Reconstruction with Concurrent ACL Surgery: Results From a Prospective Multicenter Cohort. Orthop J Sports Med. 2019 Jul 30;7(7):2325967119861062.
Magnussen R, Reinke EK, Huston LJ; MOON Knee Group, Andrish JT, Cox CL, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Hewett T, Jones MH, Kaeding CC, Lorring D, Matava MJ, Parker RD, Pedroza A, Preston E, Richardson B, Schroeder B, Smith MV, Wright RW, Spindler KP. Anterior and Rotational Knee Laxity Does Not Affect Patient-Reported Knee Function 2 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. 2019 Jul;47(9):2077-2085.
Brophy RH, Huston LJ, Wright RW, Liu X, MOON Knee Group, Spindler KP. Patients treated with surgical irrigation and debridement for infection after ACL reconstruction have a high rate of subsequent knee surgery. JISAKOS. 2019;4:73-78.
Jones MH, Reinke EK, Zajichek A, Kelley-Moore J, Khair MM, Malcolm TL, MOON Knee Group, Spindler KP. Neighborhood socioeconomic status affects patient-reported outcomes two years after ACL reconstruction. Orthop J Sports Med. 2019 Jun 26;7(6):2325967119851073.
Westermann RW, Spindler KP, Huston LJ, MOON Knee Group. Outcomes of grade III medial collateral ligament injuries treated concurrently with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a multicenter study. Arthroscopy. 2019 May;35(5):1466-1472
Magnussen RA, Reinke EK, Huston LJ, Hewett TE, Spindler KP, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Brophy RH, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Jones MH, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, Matava MJ, Parker RD, Vidal AF, Wolcott ML, Wolf BR, Wright RW. Effect of high-grade preoperative knee laxity on 6-year anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction outcomes. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Oct;46(12):2865-2872.
Jacobs CA, Peabody MR, Lattermann C, Vega JF, Huston LJ, Spindler KP; MOON Knee Group. Development of the KOOS(global) platform to measure patient-reported outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Oct;46(12):2915-2921.
Vega JF, Spindler KP. To MOON and back: lessons learned and experience gained along the way. Clin Sports Med. 2018 Jul;37(3):495-503.
Houck DA, Kraeutler MJ, Vidal AF, McCarty EC, Bravman JT, Wolcott ML; MOON Knee Group. Variance in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction graft selection based on patient demographics and location within the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network Cohort. J Knee Surg. 2018 May;31(5):472-478.
MOON Knee Group. Ten-year outcomes and risk factors after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a MOON longitudinal prospective cohort study. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Mar;46(4):815-825.
MOON Knee Group. Differences in the lateral compartment joint space width after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: data from the MOON onsite cohort. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Mar;46(4):876-882.
MARS Group, MOON Knee Group. Risk factors and predictors of significant chondral surface change from primary to revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a MOON and MARS cohort study. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Mar;46(3):557-564.
Kaeding CC, Pedroza AD, Reinke EK, Huston LJ, Hewett TE, Flanigan DC; MOON Knee Group, Spindler KP. Change in anterior cruciate ligament graft choice and outcomes over time. Arthroscopy. 2017 Nov;33(11):2007-2014.
Westermann RW, Jones M, Wasserstein D, Spindler KP. Clinical and radiographic outcomes of meniscus surgery and future targets for biologic intervention: A review of data from MOON Group. Connect Tissue Res. 2017 May – Jul;58(3-4):366-372.
Lattermann C, Jacobs CA, Reinke EK, Scaramuzza EA, Huston LJ, Dunn WR, Spindler KP. Are bone bruise characteristics and articular cartilage pathology associated with inferior outcomes 2 and 6 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction? Cartilage. 2017 Apr;8(2):139-145.
Magnussen RA, Reinke EK, Huston LJ, MOON Group, Hewett TE, Spindler KP. Effect of high-grade preoperative knee laxity on anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction outcomes. Am J Sports Med. 2016 Dec;44(12):3077-3082.
Nguyen JT, Wasserstein D, Reinke EK, Spindler KP, Mehta N, Doyle JB; MOON Group, Marx RG. Does the chronicity of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures influence patient-reported outcomes before surgery? Am J Sports Med. 2016 Nov 1.
Failla MJ, Logerstedt DS, Grindem H, Axe MJ, Risberg MA, Engebretsen L, Huston LJ, Spindler KP, Snyder-Mackler L. Does extended preoperative rehabilitation influence outcomes 2 years after ACL reconstruction: a comparative effectiveness study between MOON and Delaware-Oslo ACL cohorts. Am J Sports Med. 2016 Oct;44(10):2608-2614.
Brophy RH, Huston LJ, Wright RW, Nwosu SK, Kaeding CC, Parker RD, Andrish JT, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Amendola A, Wolf BR, Dunn WR, Wolcott ML, Spindler KP. Outcomes of ACL reconstruction in patients with diabetes. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2016 Jun;48(6):969-73.
Magnussen RA, Reinke EK, Huston LJ; MOON Group, Hewett TE, Spindler KP. Factors associated with high-grade lachman, pivot shift, and anterior drawer at the time of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 2016 Jun;32(6):1080-5.
Duchman KR, Westermann RW, Reinke EM, Huston LJ, Spindler KP, Amendola A, MOON Knee Group, Wolf BR. The fate of meniscus tears left in situ at the time of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a 6-year follow-up multicenter study. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Nov; 43(11):2688-95.
Wasserstein D, Huston LJ, Nwosu S; MOON Group, Spindler KP. KOOS pain as a marker for significant knee pain two and six years after primary ACL reconstruction: a Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) prospective longitudinal cohort study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 Oct; 23(10):1674-84.
Kaeding CC, Pedroza A, Reinke EK, Huston LJ, MOON Group, Spindler KP. Risk factors and predictors of subsequent ACL injury in either knee after ACL reconstruction: prospective analysis of 2488 primary ACL reconstructions from a multicenter study. Am J Sports Med. 2015; 43(7):1583-90.
Wright RW, Haas AK, Anderson J, Calabrese G, Cavanaugh J, Hewett TE, Lorring D, McKenzie C, Preston E, Williams G, MOON Group. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation: MOON guidelines. Sports Health. 2015 May; 7(3):239-43.
Dunn WR, Wolf BR, Harrell FE Jr, Reinke EK, Huston LJ, Nwosu SK, Kaeding CC, Parker RD, Wright RW, Andrish JT, McCarty EC, Amendola A, Marx RG, Wolcott ML, Liu Z, Alvarez JM, Spindler KP. Baseline predictors of health-related quality of life after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a longitudinal analysis of a multicenter cohort at two and six years. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Apr; 97(7):551-557.
Jones MH, Spindler KP, Fleming BC, Duryea J, Obuchowski NA, Scaramuzza EA, Oksendahl HL, Winalski CS, Duong CL, Huston LJ, Parker RD, Kaeding CC, Andrish JT, Flanigan DC, Dunn WR, Reinke EK. Meniscus treatment and age associated with narrower radiographic joint space width 2 – 3 years after ACL reconstruction: Data from the MOON onsite cohort. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 April; 23(4):581-588.
Brophy RH, Wright RW, Huston LJ, Nwosu S, MOON Knee Group, Spindler KP. Factors Associated with infection following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Mar; 97(6):450-454.
Lynch TS, Parker RD, Patel RM, Andrish JT, MOON Group, Spindler K. The impact of the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) research on anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and orthopaedic practice. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2015 Mar; 23(3):154-63.
Bogunovic L, Kruse LM, Haas AK, Huston LJ, Wright RW. Outcome of all-inside second generation meniscal repair: minimum 5-year follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Aug; 96(15):1303-1307.
Westermann RW, Wright RW, Huston LJ, MOON Group, Wolf BR. Meniscal repair with concurrent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: operative success and patient outcomes at 6-year follow-up. Am J Sports Med. 2014 Jul; 42(9):2184-92.
Mather RC III, Hettrich CM, Dunn WR, Cole BJ, Koenig L, Bach BR Jr, MOON Knee Group, Spindler KP. Cost-effectiveness analysis of early reconstruction versus rehabilitation and delayed reconstruction for ACL tears. Am J Sports Med. 2014 May; 42(7):1583-91.
Cox CL, Huston LJ, Dunn WR, Reinke EK, Nwosu SK, Parker RD, Wright RW, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, Amendola A, McCarty, EC, Wolf BR, Harrell FE Jr, Spindler KP. Are articular cartilage lesions and meniscus tears predictive of IKDC, KOOS, and Marx activity level outcomes after ACL reconstruction? A 6-year MOON cohort study. Am J Sports Med. 2014 May; 42(5):1058-67.
Wolf BR, Ramme AJ, Britton CL, Amendola A; MOON Knee Group. Anterior cruciate ligament tunnel placement. J Knee Surg. 2014 Aug; 27(4):309-17.
Mariscalco MW, Flanigan DC, Mitchell J, Pedroza AD, Jones MH, Andrish JT, Parker RD, Kaeding CC, Magnussen RA. The influence of hamstring autograft size on patient-reported outcomes and risk of revision after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) cohort study. Arthroscopy. 2013 Dec; 29(12):1948-53.
Duffee A, Magnussen RA, Pedroza AD, Flanigan DC; MOON Group, Kaeding CC. Transtibial ACL femoral tunnel preparation increases odds of repeat ipsilateral knee surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Nov 20;95(22):2035-42.
Mather RC 3rd, Koenig L, Kocher MS, Dall TM, Gallo P, Scott DJ, Bach BR Jr, Spindler KP; MOON Knee Group. Societal and economic impact of anterior cruciate ligament tears. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Oct 2;95(19):1751-9.
Magnussen RA, Flanigan DC, Pedroza AD, Heinlein KA, Kaeding CC. Platelet rich plasma use in allograft ACL reconstructions: two-year clinical results of a MOON cohort study. Knee. 2013 Aug;20(4):277-80.
Hettrich CM, Dunn WR, Reinke EK; MOON Group, Spindler KP. The rate of subsequent surgery and predictors after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: two- and 6-year follow-up results from a multicenter cohort. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Jul;41(7):1534-40.
Wolf BR, Ramme AJ, Wright RW, Brophy RH, McCarty EC, Vidal AR, Parker RD, Andrish JT, Amendola A; MOON Knee Group. Variability in ACL tunnel placement: observational clinical study of surgeon ACL tunnel variability. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Jun;41(6):1265-73.
Spindler KP, Parker RD, Andrish JT, Kaeding CC, Wright RW, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Amendola A, Dunn WR, Huston LJ, Harrell FE Jr; MOON Group. Prognosis and predictors of ACL reconstructions using the MOON cohort: a model for comparative effectiveness studies. J Orthop Res. 2013 Jan;31(1):2-9.
McConkey MO, Amendola A, Ramme AJ, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Britton CL; MOON Knee Group, Wolf BR, Spindler KP, Carey JL, Cox CL, Kaeding CC, Wright RW, Matava MJ, Brophy RH, Smith MV, McCarty EC, Vida AF, Wolcott M, Marx RG, Parker RD, Andrish JF, Jones MH. Arthroscopic agreement among surgeons on anterior cruciate ligament tunnel placement. Am J Sports Med. 2012 Dec;40(12):2737-46.
Brophy RH, Schmitz L, Wright RW, Dunn WR, Parker RD, Andrish JT, McCarty EC, Spindler KP. Return to play and future ACL injury risk after ACL reconstruction in soccer athletes from the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) group. Am J Sports Med. 2012 Nov;40(11):2517-22.
McCullough KA, Phelps KD, Spindler KP, Matava MJ, Dunn WR, Parker RD; MOON Group, Reinke EK. Return to high school- and college-level football after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) cohort study. Am J Sports Med. 2012 Nov;40(11):2523-9.
Sullivan JP, Matava MJ, Flanigan DC, Gao Y, Britton CL, Amendola A; MOON Group, Wolf BR. Reliability of tunnel measurements and the quadrant method using fluoroscopic radiographs after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. 2012 Oct;40(10):2236-41.
Warme BA, Ramme AJ, Willey MC, Britton CL, Flint JH, Amendola AS, Wolf BR; MOON Knee Group. Reliability of early postoperative radiographic assessment of tunnel placement after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 2012 Jul; 28(7):942-51.
Wright R, Spindler K, Huston L, Amendola A, Andrish J, Brophy R, Carey J, Cox C, Flanigan D, Jones M, Kaeding C, Marx R, Matava M, McCarty E, Parker R, Vidal A, Wolcott M, Wolf B, Dunn W. Revision ACL reconstruction outcomes: MOON cohort. J Knee Surg. 2011 Dec; 24(4):289-94.
Reinke EK, Spindler KP, Lorring D, Jones MH, Schmitz L, Flanigan DC, An AQ, Quiram AR, Preston E, Martin M, Schroeder B, Parker RD, Kaeding CC, Borzi L, Pedroza A, Huston LJ, Harrell FE Jr, Dunn WR. Hop tests correlate with IKDC and KOOS at minimum of 2 years after primary ACL reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2011 Nov; 19(11):1806-16.
Borchers JR, Kaeding CC, Pedroza AD, Huston LJ, Spindler KP, Wright RW; MOON Consortium and the MARS Group. Intra-articular findings in primary and revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: a comparison of the MOON and MARS study groups. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Sep; 39(9):1889-93.
Spindler KP, Huston LJ, Wright RW, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, Amendola A, Parker RD, Andrish JT, Reinke EK, Harrell FE Jr; MOON Group, Dunn WR. The prognosis and predictors of sports function and activity at minimum 6 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a population cohort study. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Feb; 39(2):348-59.
Kaeding CC, Aros B, Pedroza A, Pifel E, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Dunn WR, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Wright RW, Spindler KP. Allograft versus autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: predictors of failure from a MOON prospective longitudinal cohort. Sports Health. 2011 Jan; 3(1):73-81.
Dunn WR, Spindler KP; MOON Consortium. Predictors of activity level 2 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR): a Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) ACLR cohort study. Am J Sports Med. 2010 Oct; 38(10):2040-50.
Dunn WR, Spindler KP, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Harrell FE Jr, An AQ, Wright RW, Brophy RH, Matava MJ, Flanigan DC, Huston LJ, Jones MH, Wolcott ML, Vidal AF, Wolf BR; MOON ACL Investigation. Which preoperative factors, including bone bruise, are associated with knee pain/symptoms at index anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR)? A Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) ACLR cohort study. Am J Sports Med. 2010 Sep; 38(9):1778-87.
Magnussen RA, Granan LP, Dunn WR, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Brophy R, Carey JL, Flanigan D, Huston LJ, Jones M, Kaeding CC, McCarty EC, Marx RG, Matava MJ, Parker RD, Vidal A, Wolcott M, Wolf BR, Wright RW, Spindler KP, Engebretsen L. Cross-cultural comparison of patients undergoing ACL reconstruction in the United States and Norway. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2010 Jan; 18(1):98-105.
Borchers J, Pedroza A, Kaeding CC. Activity level and graft type as risk factors for ACL graft failure: A case control study of the MOON cohort. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Dec; 37(12):2362-7.
Fetzer GB, Spindler KP, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Bergfeld JA, Dunn WR, Flanigan DC, Jones M, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, Matava MJ, McCarty EC, Parker RD,Wolcott M, Vidal A, Wolf BR, Wright RW. Potential market for new meniscus repair strategies: evaluation of the MOON cohort. J Knee Surg. 2009 Jul; 22(3):180-6.
Toman CV, Dunn WR, Spindler KP, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Bergfeld JA, Flanigan D, Jones MH, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, Matava MJ, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Wolcott M,Vidal A, Wolf BR, Huston LJ, Harrell FE Jr, Wright RW. Success of meniscal repair at anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Jun; 37(6):1111-5.
Wright RW, Preston E, Fleming BC, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Bergfeld JA, Dunn WR, Kaeding C, Kuhn JE, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Parker RC, Spindler KP, Wolcott M, Wolf BR, Williams GN. A systematic review of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation: part II: open versus closed kinetic chain exercises, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, accelerated rehabilitation, and miscellaneous topics. J Knee Surg. 2008 Jul; 21(3):225-34.
Wright RW, Preston E, Fleming BC, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Bergfeld JA, Dunn WR, Kaeding C, Kuhn JE, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Parker RC, Spindler KP, Wolcott M, Wolf BR, Williams GN. A systematic review of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rehabilitation: part I: continuous passive motion, early weight bearing, postoperative bracing, and home-based rehabilitation. J Knee Surg. 2008 Jul; 21(3):217-24.
Wright RW, Dunn WR, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Flanigan DC, Jones M, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, Matava MJ, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Vidal A, Wolcott M, Wolf BR, Spindler KP; MOON Cohort. Anterior cruciate ligament revision reconstruction: two-year results from the MOON cohort. J Knee Surg. 2007 Oct; 20(4):308-11.
Wright RW, Dunn WR, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Bergfeld J, Kaeding CC, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Wolcott M, Wolf BR, Spindler KP. Risk of tearing the intact anterior cruciate ligament in the contralateral knee and rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament graft during the first 2 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective MOON cohort study. Am J Sports Med. 2007Jul; 35(7):1131-4.
Marx RG, Connor J, Lyman S, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Kaeding C, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Wright RW, Spindler KP; Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network. Multirater agreement of arthroscopic grading of knee articular cartilage. Am J Sports Med. 2005 Nov; 33(11):1654-7.
Dunn WR, Wolf BR, Amendola A, Andrish JT, Kaeding C, Marx RG, McCarty EC, Parker RD, Wright RW, Spindler KP. Multirater agreement of arthroscopic meniscal lesions. Am J Sports Med. 2004 Dec; 32(8):1937-40.

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