TY  - JOUR
TI  - Results Muscle Strength and Thickness After Anterior
Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Hamstring Tendon
Autografts: An Ultrasonographic and Isokinetic Evaluation
AB  - BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study aimed to compare the muscle strength and thickness of individuals who underwent anterior cruciate ligament
(ACL) reconstruction using a hamstring tendon graft for at least 12 months with uninvolved limbs and healthy controls.
MATERIALS and METHODS: This study included 25 individuals who underwent ACL reconstruction [age: 29.56±8.25 years; Body Mass Index
(BMI): 27.27±3.89 kg/cm2] and 25 healthy participants (age: 27.12±5.94 years; BMI: 24.70±3.03 kg/cm2). Muscle thicknesses of the vastus
medialis oblique (VMO), rectus femoris (RF), biceps femoris (BF), and semitendinosus-semimembranosus (SS) muscles were evaluated by
ultrasonographic measurement. Muscle strength measurements using an isokinetic system were performed.
RESULTS: VMO (p<0.001) and RF (p<0.001) muscle thickness were higher in the uninvolved limb than in the surgical limb. The concentric
quadriceps muscle (p=0.029), eccentric quadriceps muscle (p=0.012), and eccentric hamstring muscle strengths (p=0.001) were significantly
higher in uninvolved limb, which was similar concentric hamstring muscle strength (p>0.05). Muscle thickness and muscle strength of the
control group and the surgical limbs were similar (p>0.05).
CONCLUSION: An average of 3 years has passed since the operation; however, VMO and RF muscle atrophy and decreased hamstring and
quadriceps muscle strength continued. These results revealed that the use of the limb, which has not fully achieved its functionality, is limited,
and individuals try to compensate for this situation by the uninvolved limb.
AU  - COBANOGLU, GAMZE
AU  - Kafa, Nihan
AU  - Ataoğlu, Baybars
AU  - atalay güzel, nevin
AU  - günendi, zafer
AU  - Suner-Keklik, Sinem
DO  - 10.4274/cjms.2021.2021.2958
PY  - 2021
JO  - Cyprus Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SN  - 2149-7893
SP  - 28
EP  - 34
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/536687
ER  -