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What muscles should be targeted for ACL rehabilitation?
HAMSTRINGS

(TAKES PRESSURE OFF THE GRAFT/HEALING LIGAMENT)
When would be approprite to do isokinetic exercises?
MODERATE AND MINIMUM PROTECTIONS PHASE
Signals the return to more normalized activities and the introduction of more challenging functional activities?
MINIMUM PROTECTION PHASE
This phase of recovery begins the process of functional recovery which focuses on CKC activities?
MODERATE PROTECTION PHASE
What special tests are utilized to diagnose an ACL injury?
-LACHMAN
-ANTERIOR DRAW
-PIVOT SHIFT
-KT 1000
Signs and symptoms of an ACL injury?
-SWELLING
-AUDIBLE POP
-UNABLE TO CONTINUE
-HEMARTHROSIS
-LOCKING OF THE KNEE
What happens to the graft after it is harvested and surgically routed through the knee?
GOES THROUGH A PERIOD OF AVASCULAR NECROSIS FOR 6-8 WEEKS.
Allograft?
REFERES TO BIOLOGIC TISSUE TAKEN FROM ANOTHER HUMAN BODY.
Autograft?
USES TISSUE FROM THE BODY OF THE PATIENT

(GRACILIS TENDON, FASCIA LATA, SEMITENDINOSUS TENDON, QUADRICEPS MUSLCE TENDON)
Etioligy of ACL injuries?
-DECELERATING AND PIVOTING
-SEVERE ROTATORY INJURIES
-HYPEREXTENSION
Primary and secondary functions of the ACL?
PRIMARY- PREVENTS EXCESSIVE ANTERIOR DISPLACEMENT OF THE TIBIA

SECONDARY- IR OF TIBIA WITH KNEE FLEXED TO 90 DEGREES
What kind of ligaments are the cruciate ligaments?
INTRACAPSULAR
Removal of synovial fluid without blood may indicate what?
CHRONIC MENISCUS LESION OF SYNOVITIS
What can occur as a result of an ACL sprain?
HEMARTHROSIS
(BLOOD WITHIN THE JOINT)
Arthrocentesis?
ASPIRATION OF FLUID FROM WITHIN A JOINT
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