by kneerehabpros | Jul 18, 2023 | ACL Tear
This review published by the National Library of Medicine stated how range of motion after ACL reconstruction is vital to long-term outcomes. Patients who did not return their knees to their full range of motion had higher rates of arthritis and lower subjective...
by kneerehabpros | Jul 18, 2023 | ACL Tear
This 2005 study published by The American Journal of Sports Medicine reports that the number of physical therapy visits did have an effect on outcome. In fact, the patients that went to only 4 physical therapy sessions instead of 17 did better. They all did home...
by kneerehabpros | Jul 18, 2023 | ACL Tear
This 2010 study published by Sage Journals shows that a primarily home-based PT program for an ACL reconstruction does as well, if not better, than a therapy program performed at a physical therapy clinic. Abstract Background: There have been no long-term follow-up...
by kneerehabpros | Jul 18, 2023 | Meniscus Tear
This 2018 article published by the National Library of Medicine states that at two years, outcomes are similar whether you undergo an arthroscopy or physical therapy alone. As with the other study, there was a small subset of patients that were randomized to receive...
by kneerehabpros | Jul 18, 2023 | Meniscus Tear
This study published by the National Library of Medicine in May 2013 demonstrates that patients with a meniscus tear do about the same at six months if they’ve had either arthroscopy or just physical therapy. The interesting thing is that 30 % of the patients enrolled...
