Research Unpacked: Tim McGrath - Part 2 - ACL Rehabilitation

Episode 98: In this Research Unpacked episode Alistair McKenzie chats to Tim McGrath for a part-2 conversation on ACL rehab. Tim is an Australian Sports Physio based in Canberra, with over 15 years experience in professional sport and 20 in clinical practice. He completed his PhD from the Research Institute of Sport & Exercise at the University of Canberra on ACL rehabilitation and return to sport in 2016 and is the clinical & research director of Pitch Ready which focuses on blending clinical insights with data science, squad-based injury prevention and return to sport testing following lower limb injury. In this episode Alistair and Tim continue discussing his insights and work on ACLR Rehab. 

 

 

 

 

Topics discussed: 

 

 

 

• Key Functional testing in correlation to return to sport following ACLR
• Functional testing at different stages of ACLR rehabilitation
• Pillars of ALCR rehabilitation
• Pitch-ready.com 

 

 

 

 

Reference

 

McGrath, T. M., Waddington, G., Scarvell, J. M., Ball, N., Creer, R., Woods, K., Smith, D., & Adams, R. (2017). An Ecological Study of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Part 2: Functional Performance Tests Correlate With Return-to-Sport Outcomes. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 5(2)

 

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315235/#

 

 

 

 

 

Where you can find Tim:

 

 

• Twitter 
• LinkedIn
• Research Gate

 

 

 

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