Which criteria are used to clear patients to return to sport after primary ACL reconstruction? A scoping review.
Ciara R BurgiScott PetersClare L ArdernJohn R MagillChristina D GomezJonathan SylvainMichael P ReimanPublished in: British journal of sports medicine (2019)
Time and impairment-based measures dominated RTS criteria, despite sport being a complex physical and biopsychosocial activity with demands across all aspects of function. Time was included as a criterion in 85% of studies, and over 80% of studies allowed RTS before 9 months. Whether RTS tests are valid-do they predict successful RTS?-is largely unknown.