Open AccessCRITERION-BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAM WITH RETURN TO SPORT TESTING FOLLOWING ACL RECONSTRUCTION: A CASE SERIES
Author(s) -
Rick Joreitz,
Andrew D. Lynch,
Adam Popchak,
Jay Irrgang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of sports physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2159-2896
DOI - 10.26603/ijspt20201151
Subject(s) - return to sport , rehabilitation , medicine , physical therapy , anterior cruciate ligament , acl injury , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery
Less than 50% of those sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury return to their preinjury level of sports participation or participate in competitive sport at two to seven years post ACL reconstruction (ACLR). After ACLR, it has been reported that frequency of subsequent ACL tears has reached as high as 31%.