Sprain of anterior cruciate ligament of knee
Conditions
Interventions
The exercises that will be performed by both groups are: Squat, Split Squat, Knee extension and Knee flexion. These exercises were chosen because they work the muscles most affected after RLCA (Knee E
Y93.B9
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Male participants; Age between 18 and 40 years; Patients who underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Regular use of analgesics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs and food supplements; Grade III injury of the medial or lateral collateral ligament; Presence of grade IV chondropathy; meniscal suture; Meniscal injury that requires meniscectomy of a portion greater than 50% of the meniscus; Extra-articular tenodesis; Not wishing to return to sport; Previous knee, hip or ankle surgery; Posterolateral corner injury;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subjective knee function at the end of the rehabilitation program assessed by the International knee documentation committee (IKDC) questionaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Strength at the end of the rehabilitation program assessed by Isokinetic Dynamometry.;Knee function at the end of the rehabilitation program assessed by horizontal and vertical hop tests.;Muscle architecture at the end of the rehabilitation program assessed by ultrasonography.;Psychological readiness at the end of the rehabilitation program assessed by the anterior cruciate ligament return to sport after injury (ACL-RSI) questionaire. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactBruno Baroni
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
Outcome results
None listed