In this lecture, Kieran outlines evidence-informed, clinically relevant strategies you can use as a clinician when you first assess a patient with an ACL tear, all the way through to prevention post return-to-sport without surgery.
A dog can also tear the ACL as a result of trauma, slipping, falling, or pivoting, or planting a limb while his body is still moving forward. Dogs who are chasing something or running fast may suddenly turn and snap, the ACL can tear. ACL Tear In Dogs Symptoms You may not even noti...
Comparison of surgical or non-surgical management for non-acute anterior cruciate ligament injury: the ACL SNNAP RCTdoi:10.3310/VDKB6009Beard, David JDavies, LorettaCook, Jonathan AStokes, JamieLeal, JoseFletcher, HeidiAbram, SimonChegwin, Katie...
A non-surgeon colleague even wrote elsewhere that since people often don’t need surgery for an ACL tear, then we shouldn’t need it in dogs. Respectfully, this shows a basic misunderstanding of the differences in functional anatomy between dogs and humans. Let’s mention two: . Humans are ...
Non-surgical Rehabilitation The Curovate Difference: Professional video exercises from licensed Physical Therapists Personalized recovery programs Advanced knee range of motion tracking Direct access to Physical Therapists Achievement rewards that keep you motivated Evidence-based protocols trusted by healthcare ...
Partial ACL Tear:where only some of the ligament fibres are torn or ACL Rupture:where the ligament tears completely The ACL can be stretched just under 2mm before it will tear. In some cases, nearby structures such as theknee meniscusandmedial collateral ligamentmay also be damaged at the sam...
In the United Kingdom, a surgical management strategy has become the preferred treatment for individuals with ACL injuries. Our recent survey shows that the ratio of surgical intervention to non-surgical conservative intervention is 4:1 (unpublished data). Our data suggest that 80% of non-acute ...
This study examined clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two treatment strategies (surgery or rehabilitation) for 167 patients with ACL injury and showed better self-reported outcomes in the surgery group compared with in the non-surgical group. However, the conversion from rehabilitation to...
Increased risk of ACL revision with non-surgical treatment of a concomitant medial collateral ligament injury: a study on 19,457 patients from the Swedish National Knee Ligament RegistryAnterior cruciate ligament (ACL)Medial collateral ligament (MCL)...
Perturbation training are associated with enhanced functional capability for subjects potential to compensate for ACL deficiency.FosterJordanaBiezeEBSCO_AspBiomechanics