Quadriceps-Strength-Testing Practices and Barriers During Return to Sport After ACL Reconstruction: A Survey of College Athletic Trainers.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Quadriceps strength is a key outcome for guiding rehabilitation and return to sport-specific activities after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) surgery.

Objective

(1) Describe the quadriceps-strength-testing practices and barriers college athletic trainers (ATs) are using and experiencing when returning patients to sport-specific activities after ACLR. (2) Compare testing methods between college ATs working in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I setting and other college settings.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Online survey.

Patients or other participants

Two hundred forty-three full-time collegiate ATs who had primarily overseen/directed an ACLR rehabilitation in the past 5 years (age = 34.8 ± 10

SUBMITTER: Sellers R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11866797 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature