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The role of the rehabilitation brace in restoring knee extension after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
MELEGATI G; TORNESE D; BANDI M
KNEE SURG SPORTS TRAUMATOL ARTHROSC , 2003, vol. 11, n° 5, p. 322-326 Doc n°: 111058 Descripteurs : DE561 - TRAITEMENT CHIRURGICAL - GENOU Résumé anglais : "To evaluate the effects of a rehabilitation brace locked in extension for the first week on the recovery of full extension after ACL reconstruction we compared two groups of subjects who underwent ACL bone-patellar tendon-bone reconstruction. The brace was unlocked twice a day for assisted physiotherapy. In Group A, 18 male subjects wore a post-operative brace locked from 0degrees to 90degrees. In Group B, 18 male subjects wore the same post-op brace locked in full extension for the first week. In both groups the brace was unlocked (0degrees-120degrees) at the beginning of the second postoperative week, and then removed at the beginning of the third week. All the subjects followed the same rigorous, accelerated rehabilitation protocol. Each subject was evaluated pre and post-operatively (at second, fourth and eighth week) with bubble-level heel height difference (HHD) measurements and KT 1000 arthrometric assessment at the fourth postoperative month. Preoperative bubble-level HHD measurements of the two groups were statistically similar (Group A 0.6 cm, Group B I cm; not significant, n.s.). At the fourth week (Group A 2.2 cm, Group B 0.6 cm) and eighth week (Group A 1.6 cm, Group B 0.1 cm) follow-ups, bubble-level HHD measurements showed that the extension of the operated knees of Group B was significantly greater than in Group A. KT 1000 arthrometric scores showed no difference between the two groups (Group A 1.8 mm., Group B 1.5; n.s.). " Langue : ANGLAIS Identifiant basis : 2004229126 |
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