Effective Treatment of an Apparent Meniscal Injury Using the Mulligan Concept

• Main Author: Alex J. Rhinehart
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bowling Green State University 2015-05-01
• Series: Journal of Sports Medicine and Allied Health Sciences: Official Journal of the Ohio Athletic Trainers' Association
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/jsmahs/vol1/iss2/4/

Objective: Present a clinic case demonstrating the effectiveness of the Mulligan Concept (MC) in treating an apparent meniscal injury. The utilization of the MC in the evaluation and treatment of a 20-year-old soccer player with an apparent acute meniscal injury is presented. Background: Meniscal injuries are common knee injuries. The MC is a therapeutic intervention strategy applied as both a treatment-based evaluation and therapeutic intervention. Treatment: The patient was successfully treated in four treatment sessions using the MC. The patient experienced minimal clinically-important differences on a variety of global and regional patient-rated outcomes. Uniqueness: To the author’s knowledge, there are currently no published case reports of using the MC in clinical practice to treat an apparent meniscal pathology. Conclusion: The MC can be utilized as an evaluation and treatment technique in patients suspected of having meniscal pathology in the knee.