Return to Play in Elite Sport Following ACL Injury of the Knee

Tim McGrath

13/08/2019 at 13:36 #25964

In this summary article by Tim McGrath find out the current best-practices in designing the return-to-sport program following ACL injury. Tim expands on each phase, benchmark tests as well on decision making regarding when the athlete is ready for the next phase or to play. If you are interested in short and sharp summary look no further.

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Chris Garinet

14/08/2019 at 07:47 #25978

Great article Tim. Am curious to know how different this would be from a meniscus repair. I had mine done a year ago and recovery has been slow.

Tim McGrath

14/08/2019 at 13:38 #25979

Hi Chris, thanks for reading. From my experience, we typically plan a meniscus repair around 6 weeks slower than a typical timeframe for an isolated autograft ACL reconstruction. All things being equal, I would usually aim to start the content listed in ‘Stage 3’ somewhere around 16 weeks post-op. Hope that helps.

Chris Garinet

20/08/2019 at 18:55 #26008

That’s great thanks for the reply Tim.