RESOURCES
Key resources for ACL tear management
Articles
ACL Surgery - No longer Needed?
Richardson 2019
Shifting the narrative: What happens when the best evidence challenges deeply engrained beliefs, opinions, trends and systems?
Richardson 2019
Evidence-based recommendations for the management of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture
Filbay and Grindem 2019
No ACL? No worries - Practical, evidence-based advice for clinicians managing ACL tears non-surgically
Richardson 2018
Time for a Different Approach to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: Educate and Create Realistic Expectations
Zadro and Pappas 2018
Delaying ACL reconstruction and treating with exercise therapy alone may alter prognostic factors for 5-year outcome an exploratory analysis of the KANON trial
Filbay et al 2017
Anterior ‘not crucial’ ligament: Why we should start treating suspected ACL tears like ankle sprains
Richardson 2017
Treatment for acute anterior cruciate ligament tear five year outcome of randomised trial
Frobell et al 2013
Is reconstruction the best management strategy for anterior cruciate ligament rupture?
Smith et al 2014
Your ACL CAN heal!
Ihara and Kawano 2017
Exercises for non-surgical rehabilitation of ACL tears (Suplementary Index)
Frobell et al 2010
Choosing Wisely after a sport and exercise-related injury
Zadro et al 2019
Should you repair a torn ACL? That's a surprisingly tricky question
Colangelo and Mannix 2019
Tearing up myths about ACL surgery
Richardson 2019
Non-surgical ACL tear management in Young Athletes
Richardson 2020
Misconceptions around ACL treatment - Filbay 2020
Videos
Non-op ACL Webinar (30 minutes)
Powell and Richardson 2020
Fox Sports ACL Non-surgical Feature
Speaking to Fox Sports Australia in February 2019, Specialist Physiotherapist Mr. Kieran Richardson (FACP) recommended that 'any patient or athlete that injures their ACL follow world’s best practice, which is to undergo an intense, structured, supervised, scientific exercise program. If the player is doing well we can continue to build them up, and they can always decide upon having an operation at a later date’.
Extended Fox Sports Interview (13 minutes) and 3 separate sharable parts
