{
  "abstract": "Decision-making for the optimal management of traumatic knee injuries can be challenging. Clinical trials reveal only small differences between surgical and non-surgical approaches, while patient and clinician biases, as well as healthcare access issues, may also influence management. Little is known about the real-world healthcare pathways for patients with a knee injury, as well as the person- and/or healthcare-related factors that influence management strategies and outcomes. The Australian Knee Injury Inception Cohort Study (KIICS) aims to: (1) describe healthcare pathways following acute knee injury (including the timing and type of healthcare consultations); (2) identify patient- and/or healthcare-related predictors of management strategy (ie, surgical vs non-surgical); and (3) examine the long-term outcome of different injury types, healthcare pathways and management strategies. KIICS is a nationwide prospective longitudinal inception cohort study recruiting Australians who have sustained an acute knee injury within the previous 6 months that disrupted daily activities or sports and led to a healthcare consultation. Participants will complete online questionnaires at enrolment and at 6 months, 1, 2, 5 and 10 years post-injury. The data to be collected will include sociodemographic characteristics, knee injury history, the sequence of healthcare consultations and referral patterns, and management strategies (ie, surgical vs non-surgical). Patient-reported outcomes will include knee pain and instability, knee-related quality of life, patient-acceptable symptom state, health-related quality of life, mental health, fear of reinjury, return-to-sport status and activity level. Detailed statistical analysis plans will be developed to address the study’s key research questions, informing clinical practice, shared decision-making and healthcare policy.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Australian International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Marc-Olivier Dubé"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Australian International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Kay M Crossley"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Prosthetics and Orthotics, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Andrea M Bruder"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Australian International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Brooke E Patterson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Australian International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Sean Kaplan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Australian International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Melissa J Haberfield"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Department of Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Prosthetics and Orthotics, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Christian J Barton"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Stephanie R Filbay"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Michelle M Dowsey"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Musculoskeletal Health and Wiser Health Care Units, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Sean I Docking"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Joshua R Zadro"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Musculoskeletal Health and Wiser Health Care Units, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Iliana N Ackerman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden"
      ],
      "name": "Joanna Kvist"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Sydney School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Evangelos Pappas"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Tenille Moselen"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Australian International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Adam G Culvenor"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Traumatic knee injury healthcare pathways and outcomes: the Australian Knee Injury Inception Cohort Study (KIICS) protocol",
  "uid": "dffb9ffe-f00f-5ab1-af64-33de27a1de37"
}