ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2020
Physical preparation and return to performance of an elite female football player following ACL reconstruction: a journey to the FIFA Women's World Cup.
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- Match running performance upon return to play in professional male LaLiga football players following anterior cruciate ligament rupture.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- On-field rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament injury in contact team sports: a scoping review of exercises, progression and key principles.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2026Article
- Countermovement jump force-time waveforms in male adolescent footballers with growth-related musculoskeletal pathology.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- High Return to Competition Rate After On-Field Rehabilitation in Competitive Male Soccer Players After ACL Reconstruction: GPS Tracking in 100 Consecutive Cases.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- The "11 to Perf Score", a Test for Professional Players Returning to Soccer After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Prioritise safety, optimise success! Return to rugby postpartum.European journal of sport science · 2024Review
- Addition of anterolateral ligament reconstruction to primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction could benefit recovery of functional outcomes.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Jumping Asymmetries and Risk of Injuries in Preprofessional Ballet.The American journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the impact of a 3-week specific-sport rehabilitation program on neuromotor control during single-leg countermovement-jump tests in professional soccer players with lower-limb injuries.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Complete Distal Rupture of the Rectus Femoris in an Elite Football Player: A Non-operative Treatment.Cureus · 2023Article
- Players', Head Coaches', And Medical Personnels' Knowledge, Understandings and Perceptions of Injuries and Injury Prevention in Elite-Level Women's Football in Ireland.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Ecological and Specific Evidence-Based Safe Return To Play After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction In Soccer Players: A New International Paradigm.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
- The Development of a Return to Performance Pathway Involving A Professional Soccer Player Returning From A Multi-Structural Knee Injury: A Case Report.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
- Examining the Effects of Mirror Therapy on Psychological Readiness and Perception of Pain in ACL-Injured Female Football Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2022Article
- Forecasting neuromuscular recovery after anterior cruciate ligament injury: Athlete recovery profiles with generalized additive modeling.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2022Article
- Factors influencing performance and injury risk in elite female Gaelic team sport players and future research directions: a narrative review.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Review
- Nutritional Intake and Training Load of Professional Female Football Players during a Mid-Season Microcycle.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Characteristics of Complex Systems in Sports Injury Rehabilitation: Examples and Implications for Practice.Sports medicine - open · 2022Review
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Abstract
ACL injuries are among the most severe knee injuries in elite sport, with a high injury burden and re-injury risk. Despite extensive literature on the injury and the higher incidence of injury and re-injury in female athletes, there is limited evidence on the return to sport (RTS) of elite female football players following ACL reconstruction (ACLR). RTS is best viewed on a continuum aligning the recovery and rehabilitation process with the ultimate aim - a return to performance (RTP
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