Abstract :
Introduction: Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury is the most common ligament injury of the knee and is common in persons playing regular sports. Complete ACL tear leads to instability which in most cases is noncompliant with competitive sports. As much as surgery, post-op rehabilitation of these patients also play equally important role in successful clinical outcome. We have compared supervised vs unsupervised rehabilitation post arthroscopic ACL reconstruction in this study.
Materials and Methods: Patients operated between June, 2014 and January, 2016 for isolated ACL reconstruction and falling in the age group of 20-45 years were included in our study. Patients having multiple trauma, medical comorbidities were excluded. Patients were given free choice to select the rehabilitation program they preferred. Outcomes were compared by tegner lysholm and IKDC scoring at 1 year follow-up.
Results: After initial period of 1-3 months post-surgery, outcomes in supervised group was significantly better (p
Keyword :
Knee joint, Anterior cruciate ligament, Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy