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However, the relative contributions of psychological, subjective, and objective recovery measures to psychological readiness for return to sport remain unclear.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To identify psychological, subjective, and objective recovery factors associated with psychological readiness to return to sport approximately 6 months after ACLR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cross-sectional study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>University laboratory.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients or Other Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 58 participants (31 [53%] females; age = 18.95 \u00b1 5.20 years), who completed standardized postoperative rehabilitation and follow-up testing at approximately 6 months after primary unilateral ACLR, were included.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We measured psychological readiness using the ACL-Return to Sport after Injury (ACL-RSI) scale and conducted hierarchical regression analyses to examine predictors of psychological readiness across 4 conceptually ordered domains: (1) demographics (age, sex, and time since surgery), (2) generalized anxiety (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Anxiety Scale) and kinesiophobia (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia 11), (3) knee-specific patient-reported outcomes (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcomes Scale [KOOS] subscales of Pain, Symptoms, Quality of Life [QoL], and Sport), and (4) objective functional measures (quadriceps strength and single-legged hop symmetry). We conducted hierarchical linear regression in conceptually ordered blocks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Demographic factors explained minimal variance in psychological readiness (1%\u20134%). Generalized anxiety contributed an additional 18.1%, and kinesiophobia (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia 11, 22.3%), QoL (KOOS-QoL, 9.8%), and subjective sport function (KOOS-Sport, 5.3%) emerged as the strongest incremental predictors. Pain, symptoms, and objective function contributed little additional variance. The full model explained 70.5% of the variance in ACL-RSI scores (adjusted\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      = 0.64,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001), and cross-validation produced a comparable\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (0.61), indicating good model generalizability and minimal overfitting.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Fear-related beliefs and perceived function exerted stronger influences on psychological readiness after ACLR than objective functional symmetry. These findings highlight the importance of biopsychosocial assessment models and sport-specific psychological measures to enhance return-to-sport decision-making and long-term recovery outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-0696.25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,18]],"date-time":"2026-06-18T00:31:10Z","timestamp":1781742670000},"page":"668-674","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Determinants of Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"Taylor","family":"Murphy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Lyons","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nora","family":"Mertz-Bynum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Allie","family":"Lugin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology and Human Factors, Michigan Technological University, Houghton"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew S.","family":"Harkey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christopher","family":"Kuenze","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Kinesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shelby","family":"Baez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gregory D.","family":"Myer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emory Human Performance Institute, Atlanta"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta"},{"name":"Wallace H. 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