Return to sports after ACL injury 5 years from now: 10 things we must do

Alli Gokeler; Alberto Grassi; Roy Hoogeslag; Albert vanHouten; Tim Lehman; Caroline Bolling; Matthew Buckthorpe; Grant Norte; Anne Benjaminse; Pieter Heuvelmans; Stefano Di Paolo; Igor Tak; Francesco Della Villa

doi:10.1186/s40634-022-00514-7

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics (Jan 2022)

Return to sports after ACL injury 5 years from now: 10 things we must do

Alli Gokeler,
Alberto Grassi,
Roy Hoogeslag,
Albert vanHouten,
Tim Lehman,
Caroline Bolling,
Matthew Buckthorpe,
Grant Norte,
Anne Benjaminse,
Pieter Heuvelmans,
Stefano Di Paolo,
Igor Tak,
Francesco Della Villa

Affiliations

Alli Gokeler: Centre for Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine OCONHengeloThe Netherlands
Alberto Grassi: IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico RizzoliBolognaItaly
Roy Hoogeslag: Centre for Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine OCONHengeloThe Netherlands
Albert vanHouten: Centre for Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine OCONHengeloThe Netherlands
Tim Lehman: Department Exercise and HealthFaculty of ScienceExercise Science and NeurosciencePaderborn UniversityPaderbornGermany
Caroline Bolling: Department of Public and Occupational HealthAmsterdam Movement SciencesAmsterdam Collaboration On Health and Safety in SportsAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamNetherlands
Matthew Buckthorpe: Allied Health and Performance ScienceSt Mary’s UniversityTwickenhamLondonEngland
Grant Norte: Exercise Science ProgramSchool of Exercise and Rehabilitation SciencesUniversity of ToledoToledoUSA
Anne Benjaminse: Center for Human Movement SciencesUniversity of GroningenUniversity Medical Center GroningenGroningenNetherlands
Pieter Heuvelmans: Department Exercise and HealthFaculty of ScienceExercise Science and NeurosciencePaderborn UniversityPaderbornGermany
Stefano Di Paolo: Dipartimento Di Scienze Biomediche E Neuromotorie DIBINEMUniversità Di BolognaBolognaBOItaly
Igor Tak: Department of Public and Occupational HealthAmsterdam Movement SciencesAmsterdam Collaboration On Health and Safety in SportsAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamNetherlands
Francesco Della Villa: Education and Research DepartmentIsokinetic Medical GroupFIFA Medical Center of ExcellenceBolognaItaly

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40634-022-00514-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Background The outcome after ACL reconstruction (ACLR) is in general disappointing with unacceptable number of athletes that do not return to pre‐injury level of sports, high re‐injury rates, early development of osteoarthritis and shorter careers. Athletes after ACLR have high expectation to return to sports which is in contrast with the current outcomes. The aim of this manuscript is to present an overview of factors that are needed to be incorporated and to personalize the rehabilitation process for an athlete who has undergone an ACLR. Level of evidence 4.

Published in Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

ISSN: 2197-1153 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://esskajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21971153

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