Non‐Operative Management of a Complete ACL Rupture With the Cross‐Bracing Protocol in an Elite Australian Rules Football Athlete
Keiley Mead, Matthew Dowsett, Zoe Cass, Stephanie Filbay · 2026
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Keiley Mead and colleagues reported in 2026 an elite female Australian rules footballer who healed a complete anterior cruciate ligament rupture without surgery, using the twelve-week Cross-Bracing Protocol. The ligament tore through a non-contact hyperextension injury, a mechanism usually sent straight to reconstruction. Her knee was braced at a deep bend to let the ligament ends meet and knit.
Scans at three, six, twelve, and thirty-six months showed the ligament progressing from fully torn to continuous, with normal thickness, path, and signal. She returned to elite play one year after injury and reported no re-rupture at three years. Patient questionnaires tracked the recovery alongside imaging. The authors present the case as evidence that selected complete tears can regain normal anatomy without an operation.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Keiley Mead, Matthew Dowsett, Zoe Cass, Stephanie Filbay |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |