The atteration of the value of muscle forces in the programme of physiotherapy after the reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligaments

Andrzej Czamara

Andrzej Czamara – The atteration of the value of muscle forces in the programme of physiotherapy after the reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligaments. Fizjoterapia Polska 2002; 2(4); 263-272

Abstract
Introduction. The aim of this research was the analysis of the alteration of the value of forces of the extensors and flexors of knee joints in the 13th week and the 6th month of physiotherapy of the patients after the reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligaments. Material and method. The research involved 46 patients, 25 of whom were women. 39 patients, 19 of whom were women, who had undergone at least a six-month physiotherapy were qualified for the analysis of the alteration of the value of forces. The author offered a four-step physiotherapy programme. In the 13th week and then at the beginning of the 6th month the moment of forces was measured and the analysis of the balance of the moment of forces of the flexors to extensors of knee joints was made. Results. A statistically essential increase of the moment of forces of traumatic limbs, both in a group of men and women, was reached in the 6th month as compared to the 13th week of physiotherapy. No statistically important differences were noted in a men’s group at the beginning of the 6th month. The results in the traumatic limbs were comparable the value of the moment of forces of healthy limbs. At the same time a women’s group got, in the traumatic limbs, about 80-90% of the value of the moment of forces of the muscle groups of healthy limbs. Some essential statistic differences were noted. The value of the balance of the moments of forces of the operated limbs’ muscles altered approaching in the 6th month the values of healthy limbs. Conclusions. The increase of the mean value of the moment of forces in traumatic limbs was reached in the treated groups. The dynamics of the increase of the value of the moment of forces proved better in men. It appears that the analysis of the changes of balance of flexors to extensors may prove useful in the monitoring of the process of physiotherapy.

Key words:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament, physiotherapy, moment of forces

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