Table 4.
Postoperative Management
| Activity | Timing Postoperatively |
|---|---|
| Jogging | 3 months |
| Sprinting and competitive exercises | 6 months |
| Return to full sports activities | 9 months |
| Patients without meniscus repair | |
| No brace needed | |
| Continuous passive motion | Immediately after surgery |
| Walking with crutches | First 2 weeks |
| Full weightbearing | After 2 weeks |
| Patients with meniscus repair | |
| ROM brace | First 6 weeks |
| 0° to 60° | First 4 weeks |
| Full range of motion | After 4 weeks |
| Partial weightbearing with crutches | First 4 weeks |