Worse Tibiofemoral Cartilage Composition Is Associated with Insufficient Gait Kinetics After ACL Reconstruction.

Autor:	Evans-Pickett A, Lisee C; MOTION Science Institute, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC., Horton WZ; Department of Statistics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA., Lalush D; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Raleigh, NC., Nissman D; Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC., Blackburn JT, Spang JT; Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC., Pietrosimone B
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Medicine and science in sports and exercise [Med Sci Sports Exerc] 2022 Oct 01; Vol. 54 (10), pp. 1771-1781. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 11.
DOI:	10.1249/MSS.0000000000002969
Abstrakt:	Purpose: Greater articular cartilage T1ρ magnetic resonance imaging relaxation times indicate less proteoglycan density and are linked to posttraumatic osteoarthritis development after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Although changes in T1ρ relaxation times are associated with gait biomechanics, it is unclear if excessive or insufficient knee joint loading is linked to greater T1ρ relaxation times 12 months post-ACLR. The purpose of this study was to compare external knee adduction (KAM) and flexion (KFM) moments in individuals after ACLR with high versus low tibiofemoral T1ρ relaxation profiles and uninjured controls. Methods: Gait biomechanics were collected in 26 uninjured controls (50% females; age, 22 ± 4 yr; body mass index, 23.9 ± 2.8 kg·m -2 ) and 26 individuals after ACLR (50% females; age, 22 ± 4 yr; body mass index, 24.2 ± 3.5 kg·m -2 ) at 6 and 12 months post-ACLR. ACLR-T1ρ High ( n = 9) and ACLR-T1ρ Low ( n = 17) groups were created based on 12-month post-ACLR T1ρ relaxation times using a k-means cluster analysis. Functional analyses of variance were used to compare KAM and KFM. Results: ACLR-T1ρ High exhibited lesser KAM than ACLR-T1ρ Low and uninjured controls 6 months post-ACLR. ACLR-T1ρ Low exhibited greater KAM than uninjured controls 6 and 12 months post-ACLR. KAM increased in ACLR-T1ρ High and decreased in ACLR-T1ρ Low between 6 and 12 months, both groups becoming more similar to uninjured controls. There were scant differences in KFM between ACLR-T1ρ High and ACLR-T1ρ Low 6 or 12 months post-ACLR, but both groups demonstrated lesser KFM compared with uninjured controls. Conclusions: Associations between worse T1ρ profiles and increases in KAM may be driven by the normalization of KAM in individuals who initially exhibit insufficient KAM 6 months post-ACLR. (Copyright © 2022 by the American College of Sports Medicine.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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