Perspectives and Risk Factors in the Return-to-Sports Decision After Knee Surgery in a Male Elite Handball Player: A Case Report

We present the case of 28 years old male elite Handball Player with a first ACLR (Anterior Cross Ligament reconstruction) under surgery on the 21st of January 2019 in Hungary and a posterior surgery on January 22th 2020 in Barcelona-Spain with Re-tensing and reconstruction of the popliteus tendon and lateral collateral ligament. The reason of the second surgery was the ligament instability of the lateral and collateral posterior of the right knee and a residual laxity of the anterior-posterior cross Ligaments. After 6 months of the first post-operative rehabilitation in Amsterdam the handball Player visited our clinic in Bucharest in August 27th 2019 by petition of the Dinamo Hanball team manager to be re-evaluated and complete his rehabilitation until he will be able to reach the level to return to competition and play the national and European league with the Dinamo handball team Bucharest. The main objective of our Case report is to show the importance to provide further screening and prevention programs to find possibles inter-individual presence of risk factors” in the context of the return-to-sports decision after injury.