Visual Perturbation to Enhance Return to Sport Rehabilitation after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Clinical Commentary.
Timothy R Wohl, Cody R Criss, Dustin R Grooms
PMID 33842051WHAT IT FOUND
This paper proposes using stroboscopic glasses and implicit cues to retrain athletes after ACL injury.
It does not test if this works. Do not change your current rehab protocol based on this article, as it offers a theoretical framework and exercise examples rather than clinical evidence of benefit.
What this paper is
This is a clinical commentary describing a proposed rehabilitation protocol using stroboscopic glasses and motor learning principles for athletes returning to sport after ACL injury. It reviews existing literature to build a rationale and provides example exercises and instructional cues, but it does not report new patient data, methods, or outcomes from a trial. There is no finding here to act on regarding efficacy.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this protocol is proven effective. The authors explicitly state that future studies are needed to explore the therapeutic efficacy of this approach, so this should be viewed as a suggestion for further investigation rather than a validated treatment standard.