to work on plyometics, agility, higher level functional exercises, or sport specific exercises. They assume that since they are functional enough to do normal daily activities without pain or swelling they are able to return to sport without practicing sport specific movements under supervision. Some athletes do not allow themselves to build confidence in their abilities to perform sport specific movements in a step by step manner. Even when we as clinicians stress the importance of completing each step of the rehab process, what patients decide to do is sometimes out of our hands. It makes me wonder how many of the athletes in this study have completed a full bout of rehab from ROM to sport specific movements and how that affected their decision to return to play. Thank you for your comment. I agree that athletes often get "restless" near the end of their rehab and this is when sports specific exercises are essential. For this study we do not know the rehab protocol that was completed by these athletes, however the findings of this study are consistent with previous findings. A study focusing primarily on a specific post-operative rehab protocol would provide us with a better understanding of the rehab effects. Post a Comment When you submit a comment please click "Subscribe by email" (to the right of "Post Comment") if you would like to receive a notification when another comment has been submitted to this post. Please note that if you are using Safari and have