Solo: All Things ACL

This Solo episode is about all things regarding the ACL or Anterior cruciate ligament. I discuss the prevalence of this injury, and the huge toll that this injury makes on individuals that sustain this injury, and our medical system.  The goal of this episode is to equip the listener with the basic understandings of the ACL, what it does, and also predictive factors associated with tearing of the ACL. Next week I will be releasing my conversation with Dr. Alyssa Wischmeyer DPT who has 10 years of experience in rehabilitating ACL injuries, as well as personal experience with rehabilitating her own ACL injury. Below is an outlive of the episode, as well as many of the peer reviewed publications that I drew information from to create this episode. References Khayambashi, Khalil, Navid Ghoddosi, Rachel K. Straub, and Christopher M. Powers. 2016. “Hip Muscle Strength Predicts Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Male and Female Athletes: A Prospective Study.” The American Journal of Sports Medicine 44 (2): 355–61.Larwa, Joseph, Conrad Stoy, Ross S. Chafetz, Michael Boniello, and Corinna Franklin. 2021. “Stiff Landings, Core Stability, and Dynamic Knee Valgus: A Systematic Review on Documented Anterior Cruciate Ligament Ruptures in Male and Female Athletes.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (7): 3826.Paterno, Mark V., Bin Huang, Staci Thomas, Timothy E. Hewett, and Laura C. Schmitt. 2017. “Clinical Factors That Predict a Second ACL Injury After ACL Reconstruction and Return to Sport: Preliminary Development of a Clinical Decision Algorithm.” Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 5 (12): 2325967117745279.Petushek, Erich, Agnethe Nilstad, Roald Bahr, and Tron Krosshaug. 2021. “Drop Jump? Single-Leg Squat? Not If You Aim to Predict Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury From Real-Time Clinical Assessment: A Prospective Cohort Study Involving 880 Elite Female Athletes.” The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy 51 (7): 372–78.Woo, S. L., J. M. Hollis, D. J. Adams, R. M. Lyon, and S. Takai. 1991. “Tensile Properties of the Human Femur-Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Tibia Complex. The Effects of Specimen Age and Orientation.” The American Journal of Sports Medicine 19 (3): 217–25.