ArticleJournal of experimental orthopaedics2020
Limited evidence for return to sport testing after ACL reconstruction in children and adolescents under 16 years: a scoping review.
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- Optimizing return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A multi-factorial umbrella review on rehabilitation strategies.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Review
- Prevalence and longitudinal impact of kinesiophobia on outcomes following ACL reconstruction in adolescents and young adults.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Transphyseal ACL reconstruction and tenodesis in skeletally immature patients demonstrates encouraging clinical scores, without growth disturbance, excessive laxity or re-injury.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation for the 10- to 18-Year-Old Adolescent Athlete: Practice Guidelines Based on International Delphi Consensus.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- A 2D video-analysis scoring system of 90° change of direction technique identifies football players with high knee abduction moment.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Protocol for the systematic review of return-to-activity criteria in adolescent patients following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Unique Considerations for the Pediatric Athlete During Rehabilitation and Return to Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Poor Motor Coordination Elicits Altered Lower Limb Biomechanics in Young Football (Soccer) Players: Implications for Injury Prevention through Wearable Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Preliminary experience of an international orthopaedic registry: the ESSKA Paediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Initiative (PAMI) registry.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2021Review
- Reconsideration of Return-to-Sport Decision-Making After Pediatric ACL Injury: A Scoping Review.Sports healthArticle
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Abstract
Specific return to sport criteria for children and adolescents after anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction are unknown. The aim of this scoping review is to provide an overview of current tests regarding return to sport for children and adolescents. This scoping review was performed according to the PRISMA statement. A systematic search was performed on PubMed and EMBASE. The inclusion criteria were diagnostic and prognostic studies evaluating tests regarding return to sport after ACL injury and reconstruction in children/adolescents (age < 18 years). Twenty-six studies were included, of which 22 studies evaluated tests in the age category of 16 to 18 years. All studies evaluated tests after ACL reconstruction, no studies have been conducted in non-operative patients. Strength tests, movement quality and patient reported outcomes measures (PROMs) are investigated most frequently. Clearance for return to sport should be based on a test battery including strength tests, movement quality during sport-specific tasks and (paediatric) patient reported outcome measures. There are no recommendations on which specific tests regarding quantity and quality of movement should be used. Future research should aim at at developing and validating a test battery including movement quality and neuromotor control in a sport-specific context for both younger children and adolescents after both operative and non-operative treatment.
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