Thirty nine athletes belonging to Yahata Seitetsusho sports clubs are analized the athletic injury about the knee joint.
In nineteen patients with collateral ligamentous tears, eighteen treated with non-operatively have returned primary sports. Only one patient received operative repair have not returnrd to satisfactory performance in the primary sports nine months after operation because of instability.
In seven patients with meniscal tears, four performed meniscectomy have much better results than those treated with non-operatively.
Two patients with cruciate ligamentous tears have not yet returned to preinjury functional capacity because of instability.
The results are as follows: (1) meniscectomy is much better than non-operative treatment in athletes; (2) in the treatment of ligamentous tears, to gain the stability is more important than to recover ROM for athletes.
