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Rehabilitation and Return to Sports After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

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Return to sports (RTS) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a critical treatment goal for most patients with ACL injuries. In spite of the importance of evaluating knee function in determining its timing of RTS, standardized evidence-based criteria which can be used to determine whether the patients can safely RTS is yet to be developed. As the importance of psychological factors has recently been emphasized whether to return to sports or not, psychological readiness should also be considered in the test battery. Therefore, a simple, reliable, objective, and comprehensive “goal-oriented” test battery is required to assess the possibility of RTS. This chapter aims to analyze the pros and cons of the preexisting functional tests including subjective and objective assessments and describe the future direction they need to develop.

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Kim, J.G., Lee, D.W. (2021). Rehabilitation and Return to Sports After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. In: Kim, J.G. (eds) Knee Arthroscopy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8191-5_12

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