Clinical Outcome, Speed, And Agility of Patients After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Abstract

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most often torn of the knee ligaments, with 68.6 rips per 100,000 person-years. Due to knee instability, arthroscopic ACL restoration is still the gold standard surgical treatment, especially for patients who cannot participate in sports requiring jumping and cutting motions. This study attempted to examine clinical outcomes, speed, and agility in children with Down syndrome following eight months of physiotherapy. The participants in Group I and II were matched for age, gender, and BMI. Adults with post-traumatic ACL reconstruction were assigned to Groups I and II. The mean period between injury and reconstruction in Group I was 31.0027.70 weeks, whereas in Group II it was 32.0050.15 weeks. The arthroscopist performed primary unilateral single-bundle ACL repair using an autologous ipsilateral hamstring graft on all patients in Groups I and II. It was performed by the same two senior surgeons who performed the original procedures. The patients' speed and agility returned to normal after 8 months of postoperative rehabilitation. Results of the speed and direction change run tests were associated with postoperative physiotherapy monitoring. The longer postoperative physiotherapy treatment, the shorter test time and faster average speed. The period of postoperative physiotherapy monitoring has little effect on the clinical outcome of males 8 months following ACL surgery. Both physiotherapy methods worked well in these areas. The longer postoperative physiotherapy supervision helped men 8 months after ACL surgery develop normal speed and agility.