Knee
ACL injury and rehabilitation, Strengthening
Exercise
The effect of progressive resistance exercise on knee muscle strength and function in participants with persistent hamstring deficit following ACL reconstruction – a randomized controlled trial.
Bo Bregenhof, MD, PhD, , Per Aagaard, MSc, PhD, Nis Nissen, MD, PhD, Mark W. Creaby, BSc, PhD, Jonas Bloch Thorlund, MSc, PhD, Carsten Jensen, MSc, PhD, Trine Torfing, MD, Anders Holsgaard-Larsen, MSc, PhD OBJECTIVE: To investigate…
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ACL injury and rehabilitation, Teens and adolescents
Clinical practice guidelines
Evidence-based best-practice guidelines for preventing anterior cruciate ligament injuries in young female athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Am J Sports Med. 2019 Jun;47(7):1744-1753. Petushek EJ, Sugimoto D, Stoolmiller M, Smith G, Myer GD. Background: Injury prevention neuromuscular training (NMT) programs reduce the risk for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. However, variation in…
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ACL injury and rehabilitation
Clinical practice guidelines
Exercise-based knee and anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 Sep;48(9):A1-A42. Arundale AJH, Bizzini M, Giordano A, et al. Purpose: The Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy have an ongoing effort to…
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ACL injury and rehabilitation
Clinical practice guidelines
Knee injury prevention: Exercises to keep you from getting sidelined.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 Sep;48(9):734. Background: Knee and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries have the potential to sideline an athlete for an entire season or even more than a year. Purpose: The goal…
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ACL injury and rehabilitation
Modalities
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation superimposed on movement early after ACL surgery.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2018 Mar;50(3):407-416. Labanca L, Rocchi JE, Laudani L, et al. Purpose: Quadriceps weakness and asymmetrical loading of lower limbs are two major issues following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The aim…
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ACL injury and rehabilitation
Exercise
Associations of isokinetic and isotonic knee strength with knee function and activity level after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective cohort study.
Knee. 2017 Oct;24(5):1067-74. Pua YH, Ho JY, Chan SA, Khoo SJ, Chong HC. Background: Although isokinetic dynamometry often serves as a reference to assess the concurrent validity of weight-machine isotonic strength testing, it is unknown…
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ACL injury and rehabilitation
Exercise
Quadriceps strength muscle activation failure, and patient-reported function at the time of return to activity in patients following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A cross-sectional study.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2015 Dec;45(12):1017-25. Lepley LK, Palmieri-Smith RM. Background: Quadriceps activation failure (QAF) may impair the recovery of physical function post ACL reconstruction, given that QAF reduces strength, and strength is related…
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ACL injury and rehabilitation
Evaluations
Rate of force development as an adjunctive outcome measure for return-to-sport decisions after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2012 Sep;42(9):772-80. Angelozzi M, Madama M, Corsica C, et al. Purpose: To investigate the rate of force development to 30% (RFD30), 50% (RFD50), and 90% (RFD90) of maximal voluntary isometric…
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