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ACL Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based Update
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Course Description
Stay at the forefront of orthopedic excellence with this comprehensive, evidence-based update on ACL injury management. Designed specifically for healthcare professionals, this course bridges the gap between current clinical practice guidelines and real-world application, covering everything from advanced surgical decision-making to multimodal, opioid-sparing pain management.
You will master the shift from traditional time-based protocols to modern, criterion-based rehabilitation models that integrate objective functional milestones and psychological readiness assessments. By exploring the latest research on graft selection, adolescent-specific considerations, and neuromuscular prevention, you will gain the specialized tools needed to significantly reduce reinjury rates and optimize long-term joint health for your patients.
This course is an essential investment for any clinician looking to provide high-quality, multidisciplinary care across the entire continuum of ACL recovery.
ACL Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based Update
Additional Course Details
0:00 - Introduction
3:57 - Module 1: ACL Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Injury Mechanisms
18:11 - Module 2: Clinical Evaluation, Imaging, and Diagnosis
33:51 - Module 3: Surgical Decision-Making and Graft Selection
47:52 - Module 4: Prehabilitation and Early Post-operative Rehabilitation
1:02:37 - Module 5: Intermediate and Advanced Rehabilitation Through Return to Sport
1:17:56 - Module 6: Pain Management, Nursing Role, and Multidisciplinary Care Coordination
1:32:24 - Module 7: Adolescent Considerations, Return-to-Sport Testing, and Complications
1:46:24 - Module 8: Case Study 1
1:49:51 - Case Study 2
1:52:56 - Case Study 3
1:55:54 - Case Study 4
2:05:18 - End
- Identify the primary biomechanical and neuromuscular risk factors for ACL injury.
- Describe the clinical and imaging findings used to classify ACL tears.
- Describe operative and non-operative management strategies for ACL injury.
- Identify the phases and criteria used in ACL rehabilitation from prehabilitation through return to sport.
- Describe opioid-sparing pain management strategies and the nursing role in ACL perioperative care.
- Identify the psychological and functional criteria used in return-to-sport decision-making after ACL reconstruction.
- Recognize adolescent-specific considerations in ACL surgery and long-term outcome risks.
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Anne Osborn, PT, MPT is the member manager of Ridley Learning. She receives compensation for the authorship of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.
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