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Return to sports after ACL reconstruction: part 2
Wouter Welling

How do we test whether you have sufficient muscle strength? When there is reduced quadriceps strength, you are more likely to sustain a new ACL injury. Also, with reduced quadriceps [...]
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Nicky van Melick blog

Knee pain after ACL reconstruction: part 8
Nicky van Melick

How to treat pain related to the hamstrings? Case description A colleague from another clinic contacts me and asks if we can examine her patient Bert together. He underwent ACL [...]
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Nicky van Melick blog

Knee pain after ACL reconstruction: part 7
Nicky van Melick

How to recognize pain related to the hamstrings? The role of the hamstrings The hamstrings play a crucial role during sports-related activities such as walking, jumping, and changing direction. During [...]
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Knee pain after ACL reconstruction: part 6
Nicky van Melick

How to treat pain related to Hoffa’s fat pad? Case description A colleague has requested my assessment of Cole, a 24-year-old field hockey player, who underwent ACL reconstruction 10 months [...]
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Nicky van Melick blog

Knee pain after ACL reconstruction: part 5
Nicky van Melick

How to recognize pain caused by Hoffa’s fat pad? Hoffa’s anatomy and physiology Besides Hoffa’s fat pad (short: Hoffa), infrapatellar fat pad or corpus adiposum infrapatellare are used in literature [...]
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Nicky van Melick blog

Knee pain after ACL reconstruction: part 4
Nicky van Melick

How to treat patellofemoral pain? Case description Britt is a 16-year old sub-elite handball player. Around four months after ACL reconstruction on her left knee, she experienced anterior knee pain [...]
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ACL & Genetics
Florian Forelli

McCabe et al., determines that certain genes are linked to the occurrence of injuries, regardless of athletic level. The AMPD1 gene (encoding the protein adenosine monophosphate deaminase 1) has been [...]
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Nicky van Melick blog

Knee pain after ACL reconstruction: part 3
Nicky van Melick

How to recognize patellofemoral pain? Prevalence of PFP after ACL reconstruction Many health care providers believe PFP is only a problem during rehabilitation of athletes who had ACL reconstruction with [...]
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wouter welling phd

Return to sports after ACL reconstruction: part 1
Wouter Welling

Does everyone return to sports? This may seem like a straightforward question, but in practice, returning to sports is a multifactorial issue. In other words, there are several factors that [...]
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Nicky van Melick blog

Knee pain after ACL reconstruction: part 2
Nicky van Melick

How to treat pain caused by changes in gait pattern? Case description Lucy is a 36 year old volleyball player. She sustained a right-sided ACL injury during volleyball, when smashing [...]
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Nicky van Melick blog

Knee pain after ACL reconstruction: part 1
Nicky van Melick

How to recognize pain caused by changes in gait pattern? Okay, we will talk about changes in gait pattern after ACL reconstruction soon, but first a question to you as [...]
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During 8 episodes of this blog we will cover both recognition and treatment of knee pain after ACL reconstruction caused by: changes in gait pattern, the patellofemoral joint, Hoffa’s fat pad, and the hamstring muscles.

wouter welling blog

During 4 episodes of this blog we will cover return to sports after ACL reconstruction caused by: when can I resume, muscle strength, RTS test battery and movement technique.

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