Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative rehabilitation (PreHab) on postoperative outcomes, including psychological outcomes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).

BACKGROUND Challenges in accurate, in vivo quantification of multi-planar knee kinematics and relevant timing sequence during high-risk injurious tasks pose challenges in understanding the relative contributions of joint loads in non-contact injury mechanisms. Biomechanical testing on human cadaveric tissue, if properly designed, offers a practical means to evaluate joint biomechanics and injur...

INTRODUCTION Anterior cruciate ligament ruptures are frequent, especially in sports. Surgical reconstruction with autologous grafts is widely employed in the international literature. Controversies remain with respect to technique variations as continuous research for improvement takes place. One of these variations is the anatomical double bundle technique, which is performed instead of the co...

OBJECTIVE To explore physical and psychological measures believed to determine patients' perceived self-efficacy in the rehabilitation of patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury. DESIGN An explorative descriptive study. PATIENTS A total of 116 patients with an anterior cruciate ligament deficient or reconstructed knee. METHOD At one visit; 12 months post-injury/reconstruction, pat...

  The present review classifies and describes the multifactorial causes of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery failure, concentrating on preventing and resolving such situations. The article particularly focuses on those causes that require ACL revision due to recurrent instability, without neglecting those that affect function or produce persistent pain. Although primary ACL reconstructio...

The blood supplies of 45 unimpinged, human anterior cruciate ligament grafts were studied during the first 2 years of implantation. Grafts were defined as unimpinged by the low signal intensity of the graft observed on a sagittal proton density magnetic resonance scan. Magnetic resonance imaging with the intravenous contrast agent gadolinium diethylenetriamine pentacetic acid was used to evalua...

BACKGROUND The knowledge of muscle activation patterns when doing a certain task in subjects with anterior cruciate ligament deficiency could help to improve their rehabilitation treatment. The goal of this study is to identify differences in such patterns between anterior cruciate ligament-deficient and healthy subjects during walking. METHODS Electromyographic data for eight muscles were me...

Purpose  The aim of this review was to analyze the current literature on osteoarthritic evolution of knees without any combined meniscal or ligament lesions undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Methods  A PubMed/MEDLINE research was performed using the following keywords: "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction" [Mesh] AND "Osteoarthritis, Knee" [Mesh]. Only English la...

BACKGROUND The hamstring muscles are well positioned to limit both anterior tibial translation and anterior cruciate ligament strain during the knee flexion phase of a jump landing. We hypothesized that systematically increasing or decreasing hamstring tension during the knee flexion phase of a simulated jump landing would significantly affect peak relative strain in the anterior cruciate ligam...

BACKGROUND Women who participate in high-risk sports suffer anterior cruciate ligament injury at a 4- to 6-fold greater rate than men. PURPOSE To prospectively determine if female athletes with decreased passive knee joint restraint (greater joint laxity) and greater side-to-side differences in knee laxity would be at increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury. STUDY DESIGN Case co...