Physiotherapist-led programmes and interventions for rehabilitation of anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and meniscal injuries of the knee in adults

Abstract

The available evidence for physiotherapist-led rehabilitation of ACL, MCL and meniscal injuries is wide ranging in terms of scope but insufficient to establish the relative effectiveness of the various approaches and methods in current use. There is a need for further research involving good quality, large scale randomised trials with sufficiently long follow-up to fully assess knee function and recovery.

Exercise therapy for the management of osteoarthritis of the hip joint: a systematic review

“…The appraisal and grading of intervention studies involved a modified version of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Injuries Group (CMIG) scoring system [ 12 ]. The CMIG scoring system comprises of 13 separate questions graded between 0 and 2, covering aspects of study design and outcome measures.…”

Exercise therapy for the management of osteoarthritis of the hip joint: a systematic review

“…The appraisal and grading of intervention studies involved a modified version of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Injuries Group (CMIG) scoring system [ 12 ]. The CMIG scoring system comprises of 13 separate questions graded between 0 and 2, covering aspects of study design and outcome measures.…”

The Effect of Longer versus Shorter Duration of Supervised Physiotherapy after ACL Reconstruction on the Vertical Jump Landing Limb Symmetry

“…Another controversy remains about achieving satisfactory outcome after ACL reconstruction undergoing home-based, unsupervised physiotherapy procedure, without the direct supervision of a physiotherapist [ 4 – 7 ]. However, to our knowledge, none of those studies involved vertical ground reaction force (VGRF) measurements during one-legged and two-legged vertical jump landing, and what is also important, it is hard to find any studies comparing their results to a group of healthy individuals.…”

Physiotherapy‐guided versus home‐based, unsupervised rehabilitation in isolated anterior cruciate injuries following surgical reconstruction

“…It is currently unknown as to whether patients can achieve a satisfactory level of postoperative function without the direct supervision of a physiotherapist. In this respect, postoperative rehabilitation interventions led by a physiotherapist have recently been questioned [34][35][36]. Therefore, it is important to elucidate what level of direct supervision is required for the patient to attain a successful outcome [6].…”

Exercise therapy for the management of osteoarthritis of the hip joint: a systematic review

“…The appraisal and grading of intervention studies involved a modified version of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Injuries Group (CMIG) scoring system [ 12 ]. The CMIG scoring system comprises of 13 separate questions graded between 0 and 2, covering aspects of study design and outcome measures.…”

The Effect of Longer versus Shorter Duration of Supervised Physiotherapy after ACL Reconstruction on the Vertical Jump Landing Limb Symmetry

“…Another controversy remains about achieving satisfactory outcome after ACL reconstruction undergoing home-based, unsupervised physiotherapy procedure, without the direct supervision of a physiotherapist [ 4 – 7 ]. However, to our knowledge, none of those studies involved vertical ground reaction force (VGRF) measurements during one-legged and two-legged vertical jump landing, and what is also important, it is hard to find any studies comparing their results to a group of healthy individuals.…”

Physiotherapy‐guided versus home‐based, unsupervised rehabilitation in isolated anterior cruciate injuries following surgical reconstruction

“…It is currently unknown as to whether patients can achieve a satisfactory level of postoperative function without the direct supervision of a physiotherapist. In this respect, postoperative rehabilitation interventions led by a physiotherapist have recently been questioned [34][35][36]. Therefore, it is important to elucidate what level of direct supervision is required for the patient to attain a successful outcome [6].…”

Exercise therapy for the management of osteoarthritis of the hip joint: a systematic review

“…The appraisal and grading of intervention studies involved a modified version of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Injuries Group (CMIG) scoring system [ 12 ]. The CMIG scoring system comprises of 13 separate questions graded between 0 and 2, covering aspects of study design and outcome measures.…”

The Effect of Longer versus Shorter Duration of Supervised Physiotherapy after ACL Reconstruction on the Vertical Jump Landing Limb Symmetry

“…Another controversy remains about achieving satisfactory outcome after ACL reconstruction undergoing home-based, unsupervised physiotherapy procedure, without the direct supervision of a physiotherapist [ 4 – 7 ]. However, to our knowledge, none of those studies involved vertical ground reaction force (VGRF) measurements during one-legged and two-legged vertical jump landing, and what is also important, it is hard to find any studies comparing their results to a group of healthy individuals.…”

Physiotherapy‐guided versus home‐based, unsupervised rehabilitation in isolated anterior cruciate injuries following surgical reconstruction

“…It is currently unknown as to whether patients can achieve a satisfactory level of postoperative function without the direct supervision of a physiotherapist. In this respect, postoperative rehabilitation interventions led by a physiotherapist have recently been questioned [34][35][36]. Therefore, it is important to elucidate what level of direct supervision is required for the patient to attain a successful outcome [6].…”