Recovery of Effusion in Patients Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Surgery and Associations with Knee-related Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Gabe Dimock, SPT Background Sports medicine was the primary area of practice that attracted me to the physical therapy profession as it combines my love of sports with my eagerness to understand human movement. Throughout my time in the UNC … Read more
Blood flow restriction interventions before and after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review
by Emma Shirley, SPT Background My first encounter with blood flow restriction (BFR) was an informal brush during my undergraduate years at East Carolina University. While working out at my local CrossFit gym, a guy next to me on the … Read more
ACL Reconstruction: Part 1 – Surgical Considerations, Grafts & Healing
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Part 1 – Surgical Considerations, Grafts, & Healing Angela Lauten, SPT Introduction Well hello there folks and welcome to my Capstone website! My interest in the ACL has sort of a one-thing-led-to-another kind of story. I … Read more
ACL Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Return to Play
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Return-to-Play In August 2013 it will be the 9-year anniversary of the day I tore my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament playing football. At the time it was a devastating event … Read more