학술논문
The End of the Formal Rehabilitation Is Not the End of Rehabilitation: Knee Function Deficits Remain After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
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Article
Author
Niederer, Daniel; Keller, Matthias; Wießmeier, Max; Vogt, Lutz; Stöhr, Amelie; Schüttler, Karl-Friedrich; Schoepp, Christian; Petersen, Wolf; Pinggera, Lucia; Mengis, Natalie; Mehl, Julian; Krause, Matthias; Janko, Maren; Guenther, Daniel; Engeroff, Tobias; Ellermann, Andree; Efe, Turgay; Best, Raymond; Groneberg, David A.; Behringer, Michael
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Subject
*PSYCHOLOGY of athletes
*SPORTS re-entry
*RESEARCH
*FUNCTIONAL status
*SELF-evaluation
*INTERVIEWING
*FISHER exact test
*FUNCTIONAL assessment
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*BODY movement
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*RESEARCH funding
*ANTERIOR cruciate ligament surgery
*JUMPING
*DATA analysis software
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*KNEE
*LONGITUDINAL method
*REHABILITATION
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1056-6716
Abstract
Objective: To rate athletes' functional ability and return to sport (RTS) success at the end of their individual, formal, medically prescribed rehabilitation after anterior anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Methods: In our prospective multicenter cohort study, 88 (42 females) adults aged 18-35 years after acute unilateral ACL rupture and subsequent hamstring grafting were included. All patients were prospectively monitored during their rehabilitation and RTS process until the end of their formal rehabilitation and RTS release. As outcome measures, functional hop and jump tests (front hop, balance hops, and drop jump screening test) and self-report outcomes (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, ACL-RTS after injury) were assessed. Literature-based cut-off values were selected to rate each performance as fulfilled or not. Results: At 7.5 months (SD 2.3 months) after surgery, the percentage of participants meeting the functional thresholds ranged from 4% (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score SPORT) and over 44% (ACL-RTS after injury sum score) to 59% (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score activities of all daily living) in the self-report and from 29% (Balance side hop) to 69% (normalized knee separation distance) in performance testing. Only 4% fulfilled all the cut-offs, while 45% returned to the same type and level of sport. Participants who successfully returned to their previous sport (type and level) were more likely to be "over-cut-off-performers." Conclusions: The low share of the athletes who fulfilled the functional RTS criteria highlights the importance of continuing the rehabilitation measures after the formal completion to assess the need for and success of, inter alia, secondary-preventive therapies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]