title: [Control of muscle reinforcement with the isokinetic endurance test in patients undergoing reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee].
abstract: In the present study authors analyzed a group of fifty patients (mean age 24.3 years) affected by a chronic lesion of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee, who underwent a ACL reconstruction by free patellar tendon in arthroscopy. Each of these patients carried out a standardized rehabilitative training and underwent an isokinetic evaluation immediately before and at 3, 4 and 6 months after ACL reconstruction. The considered parameters were the increasing of both strength and work in the standardized times at the angular speed of 60 and 180 degrees/sec. Our results, compared to the pre surgery, showed a high decrease of both strength and work at the third month after surgery, especially regarding the extensor muscles (-44% and -38% respectively); we observed an increase between the third and the fourth month, even if the parameters of the extensors still remain much lower than the controlateral healthy side.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Recupero e Rieducazione Funzionale, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Felicetti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brignoli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rovescala
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maini
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Scarabelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors