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Research Report Review

Writen by Dr. Paul Ochoa

PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, FAAOMPT

If you haven’t listened to the podcast “PT Inquest” you need to get on it! These guys are a great resource for an in-depth look on current research. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Another great article on how we can be fooled by eyeing functional tasks in the clinic. Sigward takes a look at how the “persistence of underloading” during ACLR rehab can lead to smaller extensor moments on the surgical limb at 3 and 5 months post op.
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Just watching someone squat can be deceiving. The difference in knee flexion between limbs was 3 degrees. Way too small to see with the naked eye! And the compensation was also interlimb so weight was shifted away from the surgical limb. We need a more objective approach. Perhaps scales under each limb?? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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At 3 and 5 months post op, these deficits are seen at a time when many PTs are progressing patients back to sport… woa.

 

Read the full article here.