USE OF PROPRIOCEPTION DURING KNEE REHABILITATION AFTER ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION

¹ Sports University of Tirana, Albanian University, Tirana, Albania

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Journal of Orthopedics 2024 January-April; 16(1): 30-36

Received: 15 February 2024 Accepted: 12 March 2024

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Abstract

Sport practices without basic training, training with large loads, with high and little recovery time, can provoke traumatic injuries. Damage to the anterior cruciate ligament is a very common traumatic injury in many sports disciplines. In recent years we have seen an increasing trend of its injury from the practice of sports by non-professionals caused by non-compliance with pre- and post-workout preparation stages. The purpose of this article is to highlight through clinical cases the effectiveness of treatment through proprioceptive rehabilitation after intervention of ligament reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. To gather theoretical information, bibliographic research based on literature after the 2000s and selected online materials obtained from recent studies has been conducted. The study is based on clinical cases and was conducted during the period September 2023-January 2024, in which five patients were studied. Subjects were treated at the physiotherapy center “Orthomed Sport”. Assessment of functional progression in patients has been performed every week, where pain, goniometer articular Range of Motion (ROM), muscle strength, and intra-articular bleeding have been measured. Exercises were performed gradually and under the control of a physiotherapist. From the result of the therapy, it is evident how proprioceptive reeducation is very important in the chronic phase of rehabilitation, as it improves engine control, postural stability, sensitivity after movement, and muscle strength.

Keywords: ACL, genu articulation, physiotherapy, post-operative, rehabilitation