Longitudinal Changes in Ultrasound-Assessed Femoral Cartilage Thickness in Individuals from 4 to 6 Months Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
| Autor: | Tracey Covassin, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Zachary Walker, Matthew S. Harkey, Christopher Kuenze, Jeffrey Kovan, Caroline Lisee, Katharine D. Currie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cartilage Articular Male Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction Adolescent Knee Joint medicine.medical_treatment Anterior cruciate ligament Biomedical Engineering Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Young Adult Immunology and Allergy Medicine Humans Ultrasonography Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction business.industry Cartilage Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Ultrasound Anatomy Cartilage thickness Femoral cartilage medicine.anatomical_structure Cross-Sectional Studies Female business Knee injuries |
| Zdroj: | Cartilage. 13(1_suppl) |
| ISSN: | 1947-6043 |
| Popis: | Objective Diagnostic ultrasound provides a valid assessment of cartilage health that has been used to observe cross-sectional cartilage thickness differences post-ACLR (anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction), but has not been used longitudinally during early recovery post-ACLR. Design The purpose of this study was to assess longitudinal changes in femoral cartilage thickness via ultrasound in individuals at 4 to 6 months post-ACLR and compared to healthy controls. Twenty participants (50% female, age = 21.1 ± 5.7 years) completed testing sessions 4 and 6 months post-ACLR. Thirty healthy controls (57% female, age = 20.8 ± 3.8 years) without knee injury history completed 2 testing sessions (>72 hours apart). Femoral cartilage ultrasound images were captured bilaterally in ACLR participants and in the dominant limb of healthy controls during all sessions. Average cartilage thicknesses in the medial, intercondylar, and lateral femoral regions were determined using a semi-automated processing technique. Results When comparing cartilage thickness mean differences or changes over time, individuals post-ACLR did not demonstrate between limb differences ( P-range = 0.50-0.92), limb differences compared to healthy controls ( P-range = 0.19-0.94), or changes over time ( P-range = 0.22-0.72) for any femoral cartilage thickness region. However, participants demonstrated cartilage thickening (45%) or thinning (35%) that exceeded minimal detectable change (MDC) from 4 to 6 months post-ACLR, respectively. Conclusions Using MDC scores may help better identify within-subject femoral cartilage thickness changes longitudinally post-ACLR due to bidirectional cartilage thickness changes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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