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