Current Rehabilitation Practices and Return to Sports Criteria After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Survey of Physical Therapists in Saudi Arabia.
Yasir S AlshehriMarwan M A AljohaniHosam AlzahraniMsaad AlzhraniKhalid M AlkhathamiAdel AlshahraniOsama A KhaledPublished in: Journal of sport rehabilitation (2023)
The surveyed physical therapists in Saudi Arabia demonstrated variations in the current rehabilitation practices and RTS criteria post-ACLR. Over half of the surveyed therapists considered preoperative rehabilitation essential to postoperative outcomes. However, the therapists should update their perspective with current evidence-based practice regarding the RTS timeframe, psychological readiness assessment for RTS, and knee strength evaluation using objective measurements.