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- Title
ÖN ÇAPRAZ BAĞ YARALANMASI SONRASI CERRAHİYE KADAR GEÇEN SÜRE İLE KAS KUVVETİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ.
- Authors
DEMİRCİ, Serdar; YILDIZ, Taha İBRAHİM; ULUSOY, Burak; TUNAY, Volga BAYRAKCI; TURHAN, Egemen
- Abstract
Purpose: Preoperative muscle strength is important in determining knee function after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between elapsed time until surgery and muscle strength after ACL injury. Methods: Fifty-five patients (age: 26.8±8.8 year, body mass index (BMI): 25.3±3.3 kg/m2, elapsed time after injury: 9.6±12.3 month) diagnosed with ACL injury and consulted to our clinic before surgery were included to the study. The demographic characteristics of patients were recorded and the quadriceps and hamstring concentric muscle strengths were measured at 60°/s and 180°/s angular velocities with isokinetic dynamometer (IsoMed®2000 D&R GmbH, Germany). The relationship between elapsed time until surgery and quadriceps and hamstring muscle strength deficits were analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis. Results: There were statistically significant, negatively weak correlation between the elapsed time after injury and 60°/s (p=0.02, r=-0.31) and 180°/s (p=0.005, r=-0.36) quadriceps muscle deficit. Likewise, there was a statistically significant, negatively weak correlation between the elapsed time after injury and 180°/s (p=0.045, r =-0.26) hamstring muscle deficit. Also, there were more quadriceps (p<0.001) and hamstring (p<0.001) strength deficits in the patients having less then 3 months elapsed time after injury. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that, in the early periods of post-injury there are more strength deficits on the muscle. It was reported in the literature that the pre-surgery strength deficits of the muscle could effect the functional capacity of the patients after surgery. Therefore, treatment strategies for recovering muscle strength should be considered before surgery.
- Publication
Journal of Exercise Therapy & Rehabilitation, 2017, Vol 4, pS27
- ISSN
2148-8819
- Publication type
Article