There has been a move towards a criterion-based return to play in recent years, with 4
single-leg hop tests commonly used to assess functional performance. Despite their …

Background: When to allow an athlete to return to unrestricted sporting activity after anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction remains controversial. Purpose: To report the results …

Study Design Cross-sectional study. Objectives To investigate the impact of quadriceps
femoris (QF) muscle strength asymmetry at the time of return to sport on self-reported …

Background: Single-legged hop tests are commonly used functional performance measures
that can capture limb asymmetries in patients after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) …

Objective: Return-to-play (RTP) decisions are fundamental to the practice of sports medicine
but vary greatly for the same medical condition and circumstance. Although there are …

Purpose To investigate strength and functional symmetry during common tests in patients
after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), and its association with post …

In athletes, significant advances in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction techniques and
rehabilitation have led to improved surgical outcomes and increased expectations for return …

The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association presents this fourth
set of clinical practice guidelines on knee ligament sprain, linked to the International …

Purpose The aims of this study were to evaluate the functional recovery before and after
ACL reconstruction and to evaluate the sensitivity to change in performance-based and self …

The objective was to evaluate the functional performance over a 2-year period following
autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) in an open knee procedure compared to …