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Vol. 80, No. 2, February 2000, pp. 150-151
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G Kelley Fitzgerald, PT, PhD, Michael J Axe, MD and Lynn Snyder-Mackler, PT, ScD


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We appreciate the opportunity to respond to and clarify some of the issues raised during this provocative discussion of our article. The program we described is designed to help clinicians both identify and manage athletes with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury who may have the ability to return, at least temporarily, to premorbid levels of physical activity after nonoperative treatment. We view our treatment approach not as an alternative to ACL reconstruction but as a method for improving the risk/benefit ratio for nonoperative management in special circumstances—that is, when patients want to delay surgery and play out the remainder of the season.

Mr Wilk questioned whether the randomization failed with respect to the level of physical activity to which our subjects returned after rehabilitation. He also questioned whether the screening and rehabilitation are timely enough for an athlete to return for a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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