In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Dustin Grooms to discuss how the brain changes after an ACL injury and what can be done clinically to address these adaptations.
- What are the neurophysiologic adaptations that occur after primary ACL rupture, reconstruction, and during rehabilitation?
- What motor learning strategies should clinicians be using to target these changes?
- What assessments should clinicians add to their return-to-sport testing criteria?
- What else should we be doing to reduce the risk of primary injury?
- We also discuss the use of virtual reality, strobe glasses, unstable surfaces, metronomes, dual tasking, and much more!
More about Dr. Dustin Grooms:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dusty_grooms
Website: https://www.ohio.edu/chsp/groomsd
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dustin-Grooms
Relevant research (not all inclusive):
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31408765/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31901699/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33873089/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344980912_Clinical_Applications_of_Motor_Learning_Strategies
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33842051/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30719683/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328946995_The_Development_and_Reliability_of_Four_Clinical_Neurocognitive_Single-leg_Hop_Tests_Implications_for_Return_to_Activity_Decision_Making
More about us:
Website: https://e3rehab.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/e3rehab/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/E3Rehab
This episode was produced by Matt Hunter.