Rehabilitation guidelines after autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction need more graft-specific exercise recommendations-A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Autografts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are primarily harvested from the quadriceps, patellar, and semitendinosus tendons. The purpose of this scoping review was to describe available recommendations for exercise-based rehabilitation following primary ACLR with a quadriceps tendon (QT), semitendinosus tendon (ST), or bone-patellar-tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft and determine whether these recommendations included graft-specific clinical practice guidelines (CPGs).

Methods

A search was conducted via three electronic databases, using variations of three main strings: 'anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction', 'rehabilitation' and 'guideline'. To be considered eligible, publications had to be published between 2014 and 2024, target patients 16 or

SUBMITTER: Briem K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12747633 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature