Return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament injury: Panther Symposium ACL Injury Return to Sport Consensus Group
Meredith SJ, Rauer T, Chmielewski TL, et al. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 28]. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020. doi:10.1007/s00167-020-06009-1
An international, multidisciplinary group of ACL experts developed a consensus to provide a clear definition of return to sport, offer a description of the return-to-sport continuum, and provide clinical guidance on return-to-sport testing and decision making. The authors offer 11 consensus statements.
Agree that a clearly defined goal is required by every athlete so the PT can develop the proper program after lower body stabilization et al has-been accomplished.