Ep 270: Return to run success after ACL reconstruction, with Brendan Butler

About this episode

The episode discusses the important milestone of returning to running after ACL reconstruction with expert Brendan Butler.

Today we're talking about one very important milestone in rehabilitation after an ACL reconstruction: return to running. It's a milestone that sometimes gets overshadowed by its more flamboyant sibling, return to sport. Brendan Butler joins JOSPT Insights to explore best practice in return to running. Brendan an Irish sports physiotherapist, who is currently working at the Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital in Doha, Qatar. He's a member of the Aspetar ACL team, where he applies skills honed in Gaelic football, rugby, soccer and athletics. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Simple clinical measures that quantify knee loading symmetry during running: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41110241/ Clinician choices for return to running criteria: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptopen.2026.0195 Lower medial hamstring activity during running: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33782638/

People in this episode

Host: JOSPT Insights

Guest: Brendan Butler

Topics covered

• ACL reconstruction
• rehabilitation
• return to running
• sports physiotherapy
• knee loading symmetry

Keywords

• ACL reconstruction
• return to running
• rehabilitation
• sports physiotherapy
• knee loading symmetry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital

Places: Doha, Qatar

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