Keywords: vertical jumps, testing, ACL, return to sport Vertical jumps play a crucial role in the return-to-sport testing protocol following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). This recommendation extends beyond athletes in jumping sports, as vertical jumps metrics are sensitive to detect lower limb deficits even without advanced equipment. However, the effectiveness of these tests relies […]
Category: ACL injuries
Which muscle strength tests for knee extensors and flexors should we use after an ACL or meniscal injury?
Keywords: Anterior cruciate ligament, Muscle function, Psychometric properties Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tears and meniscal injuries lead to knee extensor and flexor muscle weakness. If these strength deficits persist, they increase the risk of re-injury and/or early development of knee osteoarthritis. For this reason, it is important to monitor muscle strength after these injuries. Currently, […]
Development of an ACL Injury Prevention Programme for Gaelic Sports: The Activate GAA Warm Up
By Chris McNicholl and Philip Glasgow Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM) (UK Physios in Sport) blog series Gaelic football and hurling are among the largest participation team sports in Ireland with regular participation from over ¾ of a million people (male and female). Non-contact ACL injuries are a common and […]
Injuries will decide the English Premier League Title (once again!)
Guest Blog by Peter Brukner (@PeterBrukner) What will determine who will win the 2012-13 Premier league title? Money, manager, quality of squad – all these factors are obviously important, but in the end when you look at the teams that have top quality squads – and I would probably include Man City, Man United, Chelsea, […]
Super Bowl: Two ACL tears and the landmark paper still under review
Guest Blog by BJSM Associate Editor – Dr John Orchard Being an injury geek, the most interesting part of last week’s Super Bowl was hearing that two New York Giants players had suffered ACL injuries on the FieldTurf surface. I have previously made the comment that the football codes are to Australians what languages are to […]
ACL update…first day at UKSEM 2011, London
Reporting from UKsem 2011 – the largest Sports and Exercise Medicine and performance Conference in Europe. London’s Excel conference centre 23rd November – no downtime for the BJSM blog! Richard Frobell opened with 3 major revelations. #1. ACL injuries are associated with arthritis – whether you have a reconstruction or not. (citation classic, 103 citations […]
Perfect time to commit to UKsem London…Nov 23 thru 26 or part thereof…
Looking for a world class conference bringing together sport and exercise medicine, conditioning and science with nutrition, rehabilitation and high performance coaching?. This conference will provide new knowledge for those working with elite sport and recreational athletes as well as those presenting to all clinicians for exercise prescription. See the UKsem home page including the […]
From the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Congress (Whistler, British Columbia)
Bit of local bias in today’s blog – and I have to declare a conflict that the CPA has put me up in the very nice Hilton Hotel at the base of Whistler Mountain. So if I say the Hilton has delicious breakfast cereal and great local art galleries next door, you need to be […]