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CONTINUING
SAFEGUARDING AFTER
RETURN TO PLAY
When they are back on the pitch – they think it
is all over – it’s not! With the knowledge that
the knee will mature for 18 months and will
never be normal it is important that the
1
st
season has altered training and playing
schedules including recovery and consolidation
periods and graded exposure to match play. To
avoid re-rupture preventative maintenance
strengthening and conditioning programmes
must be used career long. The basis of these
can be the FIFA 11+ and PEP programmes.
LITERATURE
[1] WATT FE, PATERSON E, FREIDIN A, KENNY M,
JUDGE A, SAKLATVALA J, WILLIAMS A, VINCENT
TL. Acute Molecular Changes in Synovial Fluid
Following Human Knee Injury Are Associated With Early
Clinical Outcomes.
Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016; 18 (epub
ahead of print).