1 Before you use it
What it is
Four items — running, cutting, decelerating and pivoting — each rated for how often it was performed in the last year at the patient's healthiest.
Frequency-based rather than level-based, which makes it a cleaner measure than Tegner for a knee that has to cut and pivot.
When to reach for it
ACL and meniscal populations, alongside or instead of Tegner — the four named movements map directly onto the return-to-sport battery.
Patterns it serves · 2
2 Giving it
Scoring
Four items, 0–4 each, totalling 0–16. Higher means more frequent high-demand activity.
What it doesn’t measure
Symptoms, function or readiness.
3 Reading the score
Interpreting it
Like Tegner, it is context for interpreting other scores.
Is the change real?
Student trap. Scoring it on current activity. It asks about the last year at their healthiest — that's the baseline you're aiming to restore.
Official source: aaos.org. We don't host the form.
This is a learning tool. It does not diagnose patients and does not replace your clinical educator.
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