Types of ACL Surgery When your doctor removes your torn ACL, they put a tendon in its place. (Tendons connect muscle to bone.) The goal is to get your knee stable again and give it the full range of motion it had before you got hurt. When the tendon is put into your knee, it’s...
(Left) Photo courtesy of Rachel White, at 2 weeks post op ACLR quad tendon autograft (Right) Photo courtesy of Rachel White, at 2 months post op. ACLR quad tendon autograft. About the Author Carly Post, SPT, is a third year Doctor of Physical Therapy student at USC in Los Angeles, CA...
However, the cited studies did not conclude on the effect of the different number and frequency of supervised physiotherapy visits, performed by the physiotherapist according to one standardized physiotherapy protocol, on the maximum peak torque values and maximum isometric torque values obtained for the...