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Participants completed the Tegner activity scale, Marx activity scale, International Knee Documentation Committee, the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scale (KOOS), the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Return to Sports after Injury scale, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; and participated in individual semi-structured interviews. Interview data were qualitatively analyzed using the general inductive approach. . Differences in outcomes of the PROs were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test (p<0.05).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Nine participants with high kinesiophobia (age= 22.2 (3.1) years), five women) and low kinesiophobia groups (n = 6, age=25.5 (3.4) years, four women) were recruited. Participants in both the high and low kinesiophobia groups reported behaviors related to these themes: fear of re-injury, activity avoidance and interlimb asymmetry, and coping mechanisms. Significant differences were found between KOOS quality of life scores between groups (High kinesiophobia group= 56.3 [37.5 -81.3], low kinesiophobia group= 71.9 [62.5-75.0] p= 0.012). No statistical differences were found in any other outcome measures.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Patients with primary ACLR report psychological, biomechanical, and other behavioral changes that may negatively impact recovery. Significantly lower quality of life scores among participants with high kinesiophobia suggest that fear of movement may have a particularly detrimental impact on perceived recovery outcomes. These findings highlight the importance of assessing psychological factors alongside physical recovery measures in patients following ACLR, which may inform more comprehensive rehabilitation approaches.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Level of Evidence<\/jats:title>\n Level 3b; Qualitative= NA<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.26603\/001c.153963","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,31]],"date-time":"2025-12-31T22:03:40Z","timestamp":1767218620000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Knee-Related Function and Psychological Aspects After ACL Reconstruction Among Individuals With and Without Kinesiophobia: A Mixed-Methods Study"],"prefix":"10.26603","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6353-8401","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mandeep","family":"Kaur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/016tfm930","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston","department":["Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luzita","family":"Vela","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Arkansas","department":["Health, Human Performance, & Recreation"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Teres","family":"Chmielewski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/041567670","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"TRIA Orthopaedic Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Saliba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/0153tk833","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of Virginia","department":["School of Education and Human Health"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ethan","family":"Callanan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/0272j5188","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Northern Arizona University","department":["Physical Therapy and athletic training"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joe","family":"Hart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of North Carolina at Chapel Hill","department":["Department of Orthopedics"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"11140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1247","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546513512774","article-title":"Health-related quality of life after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review","volume":"42","author":"S. 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