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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2019

Optimising the Late-Stage Rehabilitation and Return-to-Sport Training and Testing Process After ACL Reconstruction.

Matthew Buckthorpe

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06797102 (Comparative Effects of Neuromuscular Training Vs Close Chain Exercises in Athletes With Post Operative ACL Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 104 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06797102 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Comparative Effects of Neuromuscular Training Vs Close Chain Exercises in Athletes With Post Operative ACL Injury

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2024 to 2024Enrolled36ConditionsSports Physical TherapyArmsNeuromuscular Exercises, Close Chain Exercises
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Matthew BuckthorpeIsokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Education and Research Department, Bologna, Italy. M.Buckthorpe@isokinetic.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4925-4031

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite increased knowledge on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury mechanisms, improved surgical techniques, improved understanding of ACL biomechanics and enhanced knowledge in rehabilitation practice, return-to-sport (RTS) rates and subsequent second ACL re-injury rates after ACL reconstruction are not optimal. This narrative review discusses factors that may be highly relevant for RTS training and testing after ACL reconstruction, but which have received limited research attention to date or do not form part of the standard approach to rehabilitation. These factors include (1) explosive neuromuscular performance; (2) movement quality deficits associated with re-injury risk, particularly the need to re-train optimal sport-specific movement patterns; (3) the influence of fatigue; and (4) a lack of sport-specific re-training prior to RTS, with particular attention to an insufficient development of chronic training load. In addition, incorporating performance re-training and ensuring an athlete has restored their sport-specific profile is important. The relevance of these variables for RTS training and testing is discussed, with a new recommended model of late-stage rehabilitation and RTS training presented. Additional testing to support RTS decision making is also presented. This paper contains important information for practitioners and researchers to support optimised late-stage rehabilitation and RTS programmes and RTS testing with a view to enhancing patient outcomes after ACL reconstruction.

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Return to SportAnterior Cruciate Ligament InjuriesAnterior Cruciate Ligament ReconstructionAthletesFatigueHumansPhysical Conditioning, HumanPhysical FitnessRecovery of FunctionSports

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PMID31004279

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