The Formal EU-US Meniscus Rehabilitation 2024 Consensus: An ESSKA-AOSSM-AASPT Initiative: Part I-Rehabilitation Management After Meniscus Surgery (Meniscectomy, Repair and Reconstruction).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of part one of this EU-US consensus was to combine literature research and expertise to provide recommendations for the usage of rehabilitation (including physical therapy) of patients undergoing surgical treatment for degenerative meniscus lesions or acute meniscus tears (including meniscectomy, repair, or reconstruction). Prevention programmes, non-operative treatment of acute tears and degenerative lesions, return to sports and patient-reported outcome measures will be presented in a part II article.

Methods

This consensus followed the European Society for Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)'s "formal consensus" methodology. For this combined ESSKA, American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and American Academy of Sports Phys

SUBMITTER: Pujol N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12099113 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature