(English) Episode 163-The Million-Dollar ACL Mistake - Why Surgeons Still Dominate Despite evidence for rehab first

In Australia, few people with acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture are managed with rehabilitation alone despite clinical trials demonstrating similar outcomes to ACL reconstruction (ACLR). The reasons for the low uptake of rehabilitation alone for the treatment of acute ACL rupture in Australia are unclear.(Filbay SR, Rooney J, Hoffmann T, Edib Z, Teo PL, Hinman RS, et al. Treatment decision-making for anterior cruciate ligament rupture from the perspective of physical therapists in Australia: A mixed methods study. Phys Ther [Internet]. 2025;105(5). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaf030)