Introduction

Approximately 20% of people who go on to develop osteoarthritis do so a result of an injury sustained earlier in their life. The anterior cruciate ligament or ACL, is the most common anatomical structure that accounts for a large proportion of the risk of developing osteoarthritis. Tune into this episode to learn more about ACL injuries and what we can do to reduce joint injury.

On this episode we discuss:

• factors which predict an ACL injury
• neuromuscular factors which put a person at risk for injuring their ACL and how are these neuromuscular imbalances identified
• neuromuscular training programs
• how to reduce re-injury after an ACL injury
• the risk of developing osteoarthritis following an ACL injury

Timothy E. Hewett Ph.D. is former Director of The Biomechanics Laboratories and Sports Medicine Research Center at Mayo Clinic and Director of the Sports Health & Performance Institute at The Ohio State University and Professor and Director of Sports Medicine Research at OSU and Professor and Director of the Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Research Foundation. He was a Professor in Sports Medicine, Family Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physiology and Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering and Allied Health Professions at The OSU, Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Hewett possesses a doctorate in Physiology and Biophysics and a postdoctoral fellowships in Molecular Biology & Biomechanics, Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics and Human Biomechanics. Over four hundred of his research articles have appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals, with over 50,000 citations of his work in the medical literature.

RESOURCES

Journal articles

• National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
• Risk of Secondary Injury in Younger Athletes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
• Understanding and preventing acl injuries: current biomechanical and epidemiologic considerations - update 2010
• Preventive Neuromuscular Training for Young Female Athletes: Comparison of Coach and Athlete Compliance Rates
• Compliance with neuromuscular training and anterior cruciate ligament injury risk reduction in female athletes: a meta-analysis
• Effects of compliance on trunk and hip integrative neuromuscular training on hip abductor strength in female athletes
• Current concepts for injury prevention in athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
• What is the Evidence for and Validity of Return-to-Sport Testing after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
• Return-to-sport testing following ACL reconstruction revisited

YouTube video

• Evidence based approaches to the reduction of primary and secondary ACL injuries

CONNECT WITH TIM

• Tim's YouTube Channel
• Twitter: @TimothyHewett1, @Hewett1Tim, @TimHewett5

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