Association Between Preoperative Mental Health and Clinically Meaningful Outcomes After Osteochondral Allograft for Cartilage Defects of the Knee: A Machine Learning Analysis

Abstract

Our machine learning models were effective in predicting outcomes and elucidating the relationships between baseline factors contributing to achieving the MCID for OCA of the knee. Patients who preoperatively report poor mental health, catastrophize pain symptoms, compensate with higher physical health and knee function, and exhibit lower activity demands are at risk for failing to reach clinically meaningful outcomes after OCA of the knee.