Abstract
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in athletes is carried out to achieve a stable knee that can enable them to return to their desired activities. Unfortunately, today a successful return to sport cannot be guaranteed, and the criteria to return to sport are poorly investigated and poorly described. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the criteria used in Aspetar, based on the existing literature and the long experience of ACL treatments in Aspetar. Therefore, it is the aim of this chapter to deliver a very practical article which can be used by physiotherapists as a guideline in the enigmatic area of return to sport after an ACL reconstruction. The article describes the different phases of the rehabilitation, starting from the running progression program, going to the on-field functional training, and ending by the on-field sports-specific training before returning to team training. Each of these phases is clearly described and objective tests are given to progress from one phase to the other.
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Kyritsis, P., Witvrouw, E., Landreau, P. (2014). Return to the Field for Football (Soccer) After ACL Reconstruction: Guidelines. In: Doral, M., Karlsson, J. (eds) Sports Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36801-1_106-1
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