Measuring Strength in ACL Rehabilitation: Techniques and Insights

Muscle strength is a core focus of many sports injury rehabilitation programmes, and often a prominent discharge criterion. Today's guest has an important message about the uninjured limb in ACL rehabilitation: "beware the moving target of strength".

Olivia Barbosa is a sports physiotherapist with over a decade of experience in soccer and rugby. She currently works at the Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital where she contributes to the concussion and the ACL clinical teams, and does research focused on muscle activation and strength recovery in ACL rehabilitation.

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RESOURCES

More on changes in quadriceps and hamstrings muscle strength over rehabilitation: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2023.11961

Aspetar ACL rehabilitation clinical practice guideline: https://www.aspetar.com/en/professionals/aspetar-clinical-guidelines/recommendations-on-rehabilitation-after-aclr