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- Title
The benefits of the TECAR therapy in flexion recovery after revision of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
- Authors
SZABO, Dan Alexandru; NEAGU, Nicolae; POPOVICIU, Horațiu Valeriu; SZASZ, Simona; ȘOPTEREAN, Tudor Andrei; MUNTEANU, Roxana Mihaela
- Abstract
Purpose: The following research highlighted the importance of the TECAR therapy in recovering after anterior cruciate ligament surgery in performance athletes. Methods: The study took place at Fizionova Medical Recovery Center in Targu Mures, on a period of 6 weeks between 24.01.2020 and 07.03.2020, on a sample of 10 subjects with anterior cruciate ligament surgery (5 subjects in the experiment group that followed the TECAR recovery program and 5 subjects that only followed a physiotherapy program for recovering from anterior cruciate ligament surgery), 7 male subjects and 3 female subjects with ages between 24 and 44 years. The research method was mostly experimental. We worked with TECAR therapy, muscular electrostimulation, and a series of kinesiotherapy exercises. For the statistical interpretation, we used the GraphPad Prism program using the Shapiro-Wilk test, t-Student test, Mann-Whitney, and Wilcoxon tests. Results: The results of the investigation showed statistically significant differences between the experiment and control group after 4 and 6 weeks of a TECAR and kinesiotherapy recovery program. Conclusions: The conclusions of our investigation highlighted the importance of implementing a supplementary kinesiotherapy program using the TECAR therapy in athletes who recover from anterior cruciate ligament surgery.
- Subjects
ANTERIOR cruciate ligament; PHYSICAL therapy
- Publication
Timisoara Physical Education & Rehabilitation Journal, 2020, Vol 13, Issue 25, p27
- ISSN
2065-0574
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2478/tperj-2020-0013