Chris and Sam sat down with Roula Kotsifaki to discuss the brand new Aspetar Clinical Practice Guideline on rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Roula is a physiotherapist and researcher at Aspetar in Doha, Qatar and the lead author on this clinical practice guideline. We discuss: the timing and structure of rehabilitation, exercise initiation, closed versus open kinetic chain exercises, return to running, return to sport, and much more.

Primary Paper Discussed: 

Aspetar clinical practice guideline on rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction 

New Aspetar Infographic 

Infographic. Aspetar clinical practice guideline on rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction: an interactive figure

More About Roula and Aspetar: 

Roula’s Research Gate

Aspetar Website

Aspetar Instagram

Aspetar YouTube

Aspetar Twitter

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This episode was produced by Matt Hunter.