Current Rehabilitation Practices and Return to Sports Criteria After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Survey of Physical Therapists in Saudi Arabia

CONCLUSIONS: The surveyed physical therapists in Saudi Arabia demonstrated variations in the current rehabilitation practices and RTS criteria post-ACLR. Over half of the surveyed therapists considered preoperative rehabilitation essential to postoperative outcomes. However, the therapists should update their perspective with current evidence-based practice regarding the RTS timeframe, psychological readiness assessment for RTS, and knee strength evaluation using objective measurements.PMID:38109883 | DOI:10.1123/jsr.2023-0260

Source: Journal of Sport Rehabilitation - December 18, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Yasir S Alshehri Marwan M A Aljohani Hosam Alzahrani Msaad Alzhrani Khalid M Alkhathami Adel Alshahrani Osama A Khaled Source Type: research