This program offers an in-depth exploration of ACL injury in football players. The rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament is widely recognized as the injury that most strongly combines high incidence with severity, making it one of the most critical conditions in football.

The course structure is divided into two modules, each containing two conceptual axes. The first module focuses on understanding the ligament and its injury. The first conceptual axis provides a detailed anatomical description relevant to professionals involved in rehabilitation, with particular emphasis on knee stability and ligament biomechanics, especially regarding injurious loads and ligament response. The second axis offers a comprehensive overview of the injury itself, covering aspects such as injury incidence, risk factors, and injury mechanisms, as well as the impact of ACL injury on the footballer—a crucial element for understanding its severity.

The second module focuses on treatment and rehabilitation. The third conceptual axis addresses prehabilitation, a phase of vital importance for post-surgical outcomes, as well as the early post-surgical phase. The fourth axis concentrates on the intermediate phase, and also covers the advanced phase, closely related to return-to-sport and rehabilitation stages. Each phase of post-surgical treatment is developed following a replicable and clearly structured framework, designed to support professionals in addressing this complex injury with precision and coherence.