Patientand injury characteristics
| Total | Grade IIB (n=75) | Grade III (n=35) | P value | |
| Age | 24.9±4.0 | 25.4±4.1 | 23.8±3.3 | 0.0586 |
| Dominant leg | 1 | |||
| No | 45 (40%) | 31 (41%) | 14 (40%) | |
| Yes | 65 (60%) | 44 (59%) | 21 (60%) | |
| Grade | ||||
| IIB | 75 (68%) | 75 (100%) | 0 (0%) | NA |
| III | 35 (32%) | 0 (0%) | 35 (100%) | |
| Cartilage injury | =1.0000 | |||
| No | 87 (79%) | 66 (88%) | 21 (60%) | |
| Yes | 23 (21%) | 9 (12%) | 14 (40%) | |
| Reinjury | =1.0000 | |||
| No | 102 (93%) | 69 (92%) | 33 (94%) | |
| Yes | 8 (7%) | 6 (8%) | 2 (6%) | |
| Event | ||||
| Training | 34 (31%) | 25 (33%) | 9 (26%) | =0.5091 |
| Match | 76 (69%) | 50 (67%) | 26 (74%) | |
| Mechanism | =0.0001* | |||
| Contact | 40 (36%) | 15 (20%) | 25 (71%) | |
| Non-contact | 70 (64%) | 60 (80%) | 10 (29%) | |
| Situation | =0.0001* | |||
| Tackled | 40 (36%) | 15 (20%) | 25 (71%) | |
| Twist | 40 (36%) | 33 (44%) | 7 (20%) | |
| Landing from jump | 17 (16%) | 14 (19%) | 3 (9%) | |
| Unknown | 13 (12%) | 13 (17%) | 0 (0%) |