Machine-Learning Models Reliably Predict Clinical Outcomes in Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction.

Journal: Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To develop a machine-learning model to predict clinical outcomes after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction (MPFLR) and identify the important predictive indicators.

Authors

  • Hongwei Zhan
    Department of Sports Medicine, Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Electronic address: https://facebook.com/100091611350229.
  • Xin Kang
    Sports Medicine Center, Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710054, China.
  • Xiaobo Zhang
    School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, P. R. China. liyueyun@sdut.edu.cn.
  • Yuji Zhang
    Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, China; Gansu Orthopaedic Clinical Medical Research Centre, China; Gansu Intelligent Orthopaedic Industry Technology Centre, China.
  • Yanming Wang
    Centers for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
  • Jing Yang
    Beijing Novartis Pharma Co. Ltd., Beijing, China.
  • Kun Zhang
    Philosophy Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
  • Jingjing Han
    Second School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
  • Zhiwei Feng
    Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA; NIDA National Center of Excellence for Computational Drug Abuse Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA; Drug Discovery Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
  • Liang Zhang
  • Meng Wu
  • Yayi Xia
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Second Hospital &Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China. Electronic address: xiayayilzu@sina.com.
  • Jin Jiang
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.