Advanced training enhances readiness to return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Autor: John Bottoms, Eric Paur, Terese L. Chmielewski, Michael Obermeier, Bradley J. Nelson, William Yungtum, Marc Tompkins, Adam Meierbachtol
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 40:191-199
ISSN: 1554-527X
0736-0266
DOI: 10.1002/jor.25072
Popis: Patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) areoften psychologically and physically under-prepared for sport participation. This study compared readinessto return to sport based oncompletion ofadvanced training after ACLR. Patients with ACLR who self-selectedparticipation in a 6-week group-format advanced training program (TRAINING)were compared to age- and sex-matched patients who did not participate (NoTRAINING). Each group had 23 participants (14 females). Advanced training consisted of plyometric, strengthening and agility exercises. Baseline and follow-up testing includedpsychologicalmeasures (Anterior Cruciate Ligament Return to Sport after Injury, ACL-RSI; Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia, TSK-11; Knee Activity Self-Efficacy, KASE; and fear intensity for the primary fear-evoking task or situation) and a hop test battery.Return to sport criteria were ACL-RSI score ≥70 points and limb symmetry index ≥90% on all hop tests. At follow-up, KASE score was higher in TRAINING than NoTRAINING (92.7 vs 89.1 points; respectively), but ACL-RSI, TSK-11 and fear intensity scoreswere not significantly different between groups. Return to sport criteriapassing rate was not significantly differentbetween groups at baseline (TRAINING: 13%, NoTRAINING: 30%) or follow-up (TRAINING: 52%, NoTRAINING: 43%); however, thedistribution of criteria met at follow-up differed with more patients in TRAINING than NoTRAINING meeting hop test criteria (30% vs 4%; respectively) and more patients in NoTRAININGthan TRAINING failing to meet any criteria(25% vs 0%, respectively). Clinical significance:Advanced training after ACLR facilitated readiness for sport participation by improving confidence and hop performance, but may not have a preferential effect on fear. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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