@article{ref1,
title="Fast-tracked rehabilitation and return to sport of an elite rugby player with a complicated posterolateral corner injury and associated peroneal paralysis",
journal="BMJ case reports",
year="2017",
author="Paget, L. D. A. and Kuijer, P. P. F. M. and Maas, M. and Kerkhoffs, G. M. M. J.",
volume="2017",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Acute posterolateral corner injuries of the knee with associated hamstring avulsions and peroneal paralysis are rare in rugby. Regain of motor function following a complete paralysis is documented to be 38%. To our knowledge, only one case describes return to preinjury level of competitive sport taking up to 27 months. A 24-year-old international level rugby player, a medical student, sustained an acute posterolateral knee injury with associated anterior cruciate ligament tear, bicep femoris and semimembranosus avulsions as well as a complete peroneal paralysis. The patient returned to full-time medical rotation work weeks at 5 months. At 10 months, the patient was considered to have returned to preinjury level of activity having managed a 5 km run, participated regularly in non-contact rugby and performed exercises at 140% of his preinjury maximum. This case report describes the successful outcome of a high-frequency high-intensity rehabilitation.<br><br>© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1757-790X",
doi="10.1136/bcr-2017-219666",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219666"
}