About this episode

The episode discusses Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition in acute ACL patients and new insights from recent research.

We’ve all seen it: the acute ACL patient who drags their leg into the clinic, unable to squeeze their quad to save their life. We call it Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition (AMI), and for years, we’ve treated it as a stubborn, long-term enemy. But a fascinating new study from the American Journal of Sports Medicine suggests we might be overcomplicating it. Researchers analyzed 300 acute ACL patients and found that while AMI is incredibly common (affecting over half of patients), it’s also surprisi...

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Host: Mike Reinold

Topics covered

• Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition
• ACL injury
• rehabilitation
• sports medicine
• muscle function

Keywords

• Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition
• ACL
• muscle inhibition
• rehabilitation
• sports medicine
• acute injury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Journal of Sports Medicine

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