Citation

Nyland J, Taniyama D. Arthroscopy 2019; 35(7): 2080-2082.

Affiliation

Kosair Charities College of Health and Natural Sciences, Spalding University (D.T.), and the College of Sport and Health Sciences, Ritsumeikan University (D.T.).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.arthro.2019.03.037

PMID

31272627

Abstract

When progressing patients who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction through rehabilitation and deciding whether they are ready to safely return to sports, the health care team needs to consider what they know and what they do not know about each patient. Although increased postsurgical time without related functional improvement is of limited value, greater time postsurgery that leads to enhanced neuromuscular control and dynamic knee stability restoration may be of considerable value, particularly when soft tissue grafts are combined with extracortical suspensory devices or other forms of indirect fixation.

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Language: en