Comparative Study between Duration of Injury and Muscle Response to Rehabilitation of Patients Undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Aim; to compare between duration of anterior cruciate ligament injury and quadriceps muscle response to rehabilitation regarding size and strength for patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Patients and methods; Non-equivalent control group design was utilized to conduct this study, The study sample,60 adult patients with an anterior cruciate ligament injury, patients were divided into two equal groups (30 patients for each), group one their injury less than 3 months and group two their duration of injury more than 3 months. Tools; four tools were utilized in this study; anterior cruciate ligament injured patient assessment sheet, the Short Form health survey (SF-12) scale sheet, the Modified Cincinnati Rating System Questionnaire scale sheet and exercise program. Results; The mean age were (24.7), regarding measurement of the affected knee quadriceps muscle strength there was a highly statistically significant difference between patients in both group during all periods of follow up with P. (0.001**), but there were no statistically significant difference among both groups in the follow up except at 12 months with P. (0.04*), all the studied samples in both groups were having less disability in all periods of follow-up, regarding total score on the Modified Cincinnati Rating System Questionnaire there was no statistically significant difference between both groups but there were improvement among both groups in the follow up at 12 months. Conclusion; An improvement was observed at 3 and 6 months follow up of patients with an anterior cruciate ligament injury of less than 3 months than those patients whose injury more than 3 months. Recommendation; Providing patients with instructions for seeking medical advice for their sports injuries of great importance for early diagnosis and management of their injuries.
Authors and Affiliations
Mona H. Ahmed, Zienab A. Mohamad, Hatem G. Said, Sahar A. Abd-El mohsen
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