Table 1.

Return to sport testing considerations

Physician approval

MRI-based graft maturity

Basic measurements

Personality type

Level of sports activity

Patient-reported outcome measures

Anterior cruciate ligament—return to spots after injury (ACL-RSI) scale

International Knee Documentation Scale (IKDC)

Knee orthopedic outcome scales (KOOS)

Tegner activity scale

Lysholm scale

Tampa Kinesiophobia Index

Activities of daily living (ADL) scales

Sports-specific scales

Adequate range of motion

Stable KT1000/KT2000 measurements

Balance testing/knee proprioceptive tests/kinesthesia/joint position sense testing Quality of movement tests

Stable manual ligament stability tests (Lachman’s and Pivot shift)

Manual muscle testing/hand held dynamometry—entire lower extremity

Isotonic strength tests

Isokinetic strength tests

Maximum force/peak torque

Angle-specific torque

Rate of force development

Kinematic analysis/gait analysis/running analysis

Functional tests

Jump tests

Hop tests

Lower Extremity Functional Test (LEFT)

Sport-specific testing

Prevention programs