ACL Injury & Reconstruction Rehabilitation — Exercises Studied in Research

Pooling across trials, this study found that adding plyometric drills to prevention programs cut ACL injury risk by 60% for every 1,000 hours of exposure relative to controls (injury risk ratio 0.40, 95% CI 0.26 to 0.63).

Source: PubMed 36244964

Drawing on four studies, this pooled analysis reported a strength-training estimate of RR 0.315 (0.207–0.480, I2=0%, χ2 p=0.808).

Source: PubMed 24100287

This study describes stronger gluteus maximus as potentially protective against future ACL injury, whereas an elevated body mass index emerges as a risk factor for such injury.

Source: PubMed 40356533

This study reported that ROC analysis produced an area under the curve of 0.6, reflecting poor-to-failed combined sensitivity and specificity for the test.

Source: PubMed 26867936

This study found that among women whose BMI sat at least 1 SD above the mean, the relative risk of noncontact ACL injury reached 3.5 times that seen in women with lower BMI.

Source: PubMed 14623646

A systematic review of neuromuscular training implementation found that stakeholder-engaged models with professional support achieved higher compliance (73.5-85.6%) than education-only approaches.

Source: PubMed 41815969

Among the 14 kinematic variables reviewed, strong evidence indicates increased knee internal rotation angles at peak vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) during landing tasks after the knee flexors and extensors peripheral fatigue protocols (Effect size = 0.24–0.68).

Source: PubMed 40567252

This study points to a structured warm-up programme as capable of preventing injuries in young female football players.

Source: PubMed 19066253

This study's best-evidence synthesis found only very limited support for the H:Q strength ratio as an independent risk factor in hamstring and ACL injury, a finding that held across the different ratio types.

Source: PubMed 35065297

This study describes how knee-injury incidence in young female soccer players may be lowered by rolling out a multifaceted, soccer-specific exercise programme that also educates each player.

Source: PubMed 20065198

This study linked weaker hip strength to a higher risk of future injury (external rotation: OR = 1.23 [95% CI, 1.08-1.39], P = .001; abduction: OR = 1.12 [95% CI, 1.05-1.20], P = .001).

Source: PubMed 26646514

This study reported that swapping in a warm-up centred on specific neuromuscular and proprioceptive drills - the PEP Program - may cut the risk of noncontact ACL injuries among collegiate female soccer players.

Source: PubMed 18658019

According to this study, once socioeconomic, health, and lifestyle factors were accounted for, subjects taking part in organised sports >4 times/week carried an adjusted hazard ratio for knee cruciate ligament injury of 8.5 (95% CI 4.3 to 16.4) among women and 4.0 (95% CI 2.7 to 6.1) among men.

Source: PubMed 18390920

Patients with a TSK-11 score of ≥19 at the time of RTS were found to be 13 times more likely to suffer a second ACL tear

Source: PubMed 39041333

At all skill levels, match incidence (professional: 0.343; semi-professional: 0.249; amateur: 0.319) was significantly higher than training incidence (professional: 0.015; semi-professional: 0.004; amateur: 0.005).

Source: PubMed 34524500

young female athletes in sports that entail jumping, pivoting, and cutting, such as basketball, volleyball, and soccer, be trained before participation with a proven effective jump training program that includes progressive resistance weight training for the lower extremity

Source: PubMed 10569353