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Sports Medicine
intermediate
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Return to Sport Criteria - Evidence-Based Assessment

Rehabilitation and Return to Play

A 22-year-old professional soccer player is 9 months post-ACL reconstruction using bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. He has full range of motion, no effusion, and reports confidence in his knee. Isokinetic testing shows quadriceps strength 85% of contralateral limb. Single-leg hop test is 88% of contralateral. He is eager to return to full training. Regarding return to sport criteria after ACL reconstruction:

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

Time-based criteria alone are insufficient for return to sport decisions; evidence supports using a ...

B

Athletes who pass comprehensive return to sport criteria have significantly reduced reinjury rates; ...

C

Return to sport can be safely cleared at 6 months post-ACL reconstruction if the patient has full ra...

D

The hop test battery typically includes single-leg hop for distance, triple hop, crossover hop, and ...

E

Psychological readiness tools such as the ACL-Return to Sport after Injury (ACL-RSI) scale should be...

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Click T (True) or F (False) for each option