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- Title
Cross-education improves quadriceps strength recovery after ACL reconstruction: a randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
Harput, Gulcan; Ulusoy, Burak; Yildiz, Taha Ibrahim; Demirci, Serdar; Eraslan, Leyla; Turhan, Egemen; Tunay, Volga Bayrakci
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of concentric and eccentric cross-education (CE) on quadriceps strength and knee function recoveries after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.<bold>Methods: </bold>Forty-eight patients (age: 29.5 ± 6.8 years, body mass index: 26.1 ± 3.2 kg/m2) who had undergone ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon autograft were included in the study. The patients were randomly divided into three groups when they reached four weeks post surgery: (1) concentric CE (n = 16); (2) eccentric CE (n = 16); and (3) control (n = 16). All groups followed the same post-surgical rehabilitation program for their reconstructed limb. Additionally, the two experimental groups followed eight weeks of isokinetic training for the uninjured knee at 60°/s for 3 days per week. Quadriceps maximum voluntary isometric strength (MVIC) was measured during the 4th week (pre-training), 12th week (post training), and 24th week post surgery. The single-leg hop distance and International Knee Documentary Committee (IKDC) scores were also evaluated during the 24th week post surgery. Analysis of variance was used for statistical analysis.<bold>Results: </bold>Group-by-time interaction was significant for quadriceps MVICs for reconstructed and healthy limbs (p = 0.02). Quadriceps strength of both knees was greater in concentric and eccentric CE groups compared to control group during the 12th- and 24th weeks post surgery (p < 0.05). Strength gain was 28% and 31% in concentric and eccentric CE groups, respectively, when compared with the control group. Concentric and eccentric CE had similar effects on quadriceps strength recovery (n.s.). IKDC score, and single-leg hop distances were not significantly different among groups (n.s.).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Concentric and eccentric quadricep strengthening of healthy limbs in early phases of ACL rehabilitation improved post-surgical quadriceps strength recovery of the reconstructed limb. CE should be integrated into ACL reconstruction rehabilitation, especially in the early rehabilitative phases to restore quadriceps strength.<bold>Level Of Evidence: </bold>Randomized controlled trial, Level I.
- Subjects
QUADRICEPS muscle; MUSCLE strength; ANTERIOR cruciate ligament surgery; BODY mass index; MUSCLE contraction; MEDICAL rehabilitation; HAMSTRING muscle surgery; TENDON transplantation
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2019, Vol 27, Issue 1, p68
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-018-5040-1