The main goal of a rehabilitation program after an ACL reconstruction is to regain mobility and muscle function and ultimately to return to sports participation. Purpose of the study: to investigate the effect of the accelerated rehabilitation program on knee pain, and function in patients post ACLR surgery. Fifty adult amateur males athletes who underwent ACLR surgery participated in this study, their age ranged from 18 to 35years.They were randomly assigned into two equal groups. Group (A) received accelerated rehabilitation protocol and group (B) received conventional physical therapy program. Treatment sessions were conducted 5 times per week for 22 weeks for both groups. All patients assessed pre and post treatment for pain intensity using visual analogue scale (VAS), and knee function using knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS), knee effusion, and LSI of Hop test.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
It's a four phases rehabilitation protocol mainly based on the remodeling process of the graft., emphasizing full passive knee extension, immediate weight bearing as tolerated and functional exercises
Delta university
Gamasa, Eldakahlyia, Egypt
visual analogue scale
It is a 100-mm horizontal line anchored by word descriptors at each end by ""no pain"" on the left and ""worst imaginable pain"" on the right
Time frame: 22 weeks
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
it is a 42-item self-questionnaire with five subscales. A five-point scale ranging from 0 (no problem) to 4 (extreme problems) was used to score each item and the scores of each subscale were individually transformed into a 0-100 scale (0 = extreme knee problems, 100 = no knee problem)
Time frame: 22 weeks
limb symmetry index of Hop test battery
The mean score of the results of each item of hop test battery of the injured limb was divided by the corresponding mean score of the uninjured limb and the result was multiplied by 100. Hop test battery consists of the following: (1) vertical jump, (2) hop for distance, (3) drop jump followed by a double hop for distance, (4) square hop and (5) side hop
Time frame: 22 weeks
knee effusion grading scale
It"s a reliable and valid method which Based on a stroke test, where effusion of the knee joint is quantified using a 5-point scale. A 0 grade means no wave is produced with the downward stroke
Time frame: 22 weeks
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