Rating | Outcome |
Excellent | No pain |
| Normal activity |
| No limitation in sports participation |
| Full range of motion |
| Knee subjectively normal |
Good | Occasional discomfort |
| Occasional feeling of stiffness or instability |
| No participation in contact sports |
| Slight loss of motion |
| Knee is considered improved from surgery or nearly normal |
Fair to poor | Pain most of the time |
| Symptomes have improved by surgery, but recurrent instability is persistent |
| Significant loss of motion is present |
Worse | Pain is increased |
| Instability or dislocation occur more frequently |