Comparison of ACL Injury Prevention Training Programs

Frank R. Noyes, MD, and Sue D. Barber Westin, BS ACL Train Spts Health 11 Context: Many anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention training programs have been published, but few have assessed the effects of training on both ACL injury rates and athletic performance tests. Objective: To determine if ACL injury prevention programs have a…

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Objective Criteria for Return to Athletics

Sue D. Barber-Westin, BS and Frank R. Noyes, MD Obj Criteria Return to Athletics, PhysSM 2011 Abstract Objective: To review anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) clinical studies to assess the objective functional criteria used to determine when patients can return to athletics postoperatively, and to determine the rates of reinjury to either knee when these criteria…

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