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Effect of core stability training on knee proprioception after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
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Abstract
Background : Anterior cruciate ligament injury is one of the most common knee injuries in sport. This injury leads to impaired function and loss of proprioception (Vathrakokilis et al; 2008). Deficits in core stability is a risk factor for ACL injury (Zazulak et al; 2007).Purpose: This study was conducted to study the effect of core stability training (CST) on knee proprioception and function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).Methods: Thirty patients of both gender after ACLR. Their age ranged from 20 to 30 years. They were randomly assigned into 2 groups groupA included 15 patients received ACLR rehabilitation protocol and group B included 15 patients received CST in conjugation with same protocol as group A. Three sessions per week for 8 weeks. The study was conducted at a private clinic in Alexandria in the period from August 2016 till August 2017. Methods of evaluation: The digital inclinometer has been used to assess knee proprioception (joint position sense (JPS)) and of Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) questionnaire used to assess function.Results: showed that bothACLR rehabilitation protocol (group A) and CST in conjugation with same protocol as group A (group B) were effective in improving the knee proprioception and function with no statistical significant difference between both groups. Conclusion:Both ACLR rehabilitation protocol with or without CST are effective in improving knee proprioception and function after ACLR while the adding of CST caused some clinical improvement which was not a statistically significant one