Evidence / Sources / E38
Hambly K, Poomsalood S, Mundy E. Return to running following knee osteochondral repair using an anti-gravity treadmill. Phys Ther Sport 2017
What it can tell you
That one person returned to running after knee osteochondral repair via a graduated anti-gravity treadmill program, with self-efficacy and IKDC improving over 8 weeks — the only cartilage-adjacent evidence for the approach.
What it cannot
Whether it works. n=1 shows feasibility in one knee, nothing more; that is why the row it supports carries one dot and the phrase 'an option to discuss'.
Everything on this site that leans on E38 — 3 claims
Program · Stage V (patellofemoral)“Body-weight-support treadmill, if available — The published support is one case report in knee osteochondral repair. An option to discuss, not a standard.”Program · Stage V (tibiofemoral)“Body-weight-support treadmill, if available — The published support is one case report in knee osteochondral repair. An option to discuss, not a standard.”Exercise Library · Anti-gravity treadmill“The published support for body-weight-supported treadmill running after knee cartilage repair is a single case report; no comparative study exists in this population.”
Read it like a sceptic
A case report cannot distinguish the treadmill from time, the program structure, or the patient.
Population
Knee osteochondral repair
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