This is Season 2, Episode 8 of the Physioblog Podcast, hosted by Andreas Bjerregaard.

In Season 2, I will be presenting all the articles I have been involved in, using the mind-blowing technology of AI podcasting. I think everyone can agree that the AI hosts' voices are much more nice on the ears than my non-native English voice with a thick Danish accent.

Episode 8: Criteria-Based Decision Making for Introducing Open Kinetic Chain Exercise after-ACL Reconstruction: A Scoping Review, driven by a fantastic team of clinicians and researchers: Florian Forelli, Jean Mazeas, Vasileios Korakakis, Haashim Ramtoola, Amaury Vandebrouck, Pascal Duffiet, Louis Ratte, Georgios Kakavas, Ismail Bouzekaroui Alaoui, Maurice Douryang, Andreas Bjerregaard, Jérôme Riera and Alexandre J. M. Rambaud

📊 Short summery

🦵 OKC After ACLR – Key Highlights

✅ OKC exercises are safe & boost quad strength

❌ No evidence they increase graft laxity

⏱️ 81% of studies use time-based criteria (median: 15 days)

🔍 Only a few include clinical signs like:

• ROM ≥ 90–100°
• 🚶‍♂️ Walking without crutches
• 😌 Pain < 2–3
• 💧 No joint effusion
• 🔄 Full quad activation

⚠️ Lack of standardized criteria = confusion in clinical practice

💡 Recommendation: Shift to a criteria-based rehab approach

🧱 Early OKC + controlled loading = stronger quads & better graft health

🔁 Delayed OKC = may miss strength gains

Who

Andreas Bjerregaard

Certificeret kliniker i sportsfysioterapi, IOC-diplom i sportsfysioterapi, Kandidatstuderende i fysioterapi ved Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark

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