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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2026

A Return to Performance Continuum for Football (Soccer) Players After ACL Reconstruction: Bridging Rehabilitation, Return to Play and Sustained Performance.

Matthew Buckthorpe, Paul Read, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Alessandro Compagnin, Stefano Di Paolo, Francesco Della Villa

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Matthew BuckthorpeEducation and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4925-4031
Paul ReadLondon Sport Institute Dubai, Middlesex University Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. p.read@mdx.ac.ae.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1508-8602
Eric Hamrin SenorskiUnit of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-0147
Alessandro CompagninEducation and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-2345-4945
Stefano Di PaoloEducation and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1761-7352
Francesco Della VillaEducation and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9379-6666

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) in football (soccer) players is associated with high return-to-competition rates but persistent deficits in performance and elevated risk of secondary injury. Whilst rehabilitation frameworks have evolved to optimise early, mid-, and late-stage recovery, limited guidance exists regarding the structured transition from typical return-to-sport clearance to sustained return-to-performance (RTP

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