Trial reportKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2018
Symmetry tensiomyographic neuromuscular response after chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
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- Muscle-specific changes of lower extremities in the early period after total knee arthroplasty: Insight from tensiomyography.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2020Trial
- Failure of a Patellar Tendon Repair: Treatment with an Inlay Achilles Allograft.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Influence of Graft Type on Muscle Contractile Dynamics After ACL Reconstruction: A 9-Month Tensiomyographic Follow-Up.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Tensiomyographic Neuromuscular Response of the Peroneus Longus and Tibialis Anterior with Chronic Ankle Instability.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Early clinical and neuromuscular properties in patients with normal or sub-normal subjective knee function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2020Article
- Comment on: "Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Contractile Properties by Radial Displacement: The Case for Tensiomyography".Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
- Clinical utility of tensiomyography for muscle function analysis in athletes.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2019Article
- Quantity and quality of the peroneus longus assessed using ultrasonography in leg with chronic ankle instability.Journal of physical therapy science · 2018Article
- Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Contractile Properties by Radial Displacement: The Case for Tensiomyography.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Article
- Conceptual and methodological considerations in the assessment of the neuromuscular function by means of tensiomyography.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeQuadriceps muscle weakness is common following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Tensiomyography is a recent method to assess muscle strength, and one that also enables evaluation of individual muscles. The purpose of this study was to evaluate motor unit recruitment and investigate the effects on mechanical and contractile characteristics of the quadriceps and hamstring muscles after chronic ACL reconstruction.
methodsThis study recruited 20 participants: three males and seven females at 24 months after ACL reconstruction, and three males and seven females with no history of knee injury (control group). All participants underwent tensiomyographic assessment of each thigh muscle, bilaterally, to measure maximal displacement, delay time, contraction time, sustained time, and half-relaxation time. The following muscles were evaluated: vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, rectus femoris, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris. Mean normalized muscle peak torque, mean normalized maximum work done, mean angle to peak torque, and mean time to peak torque based on isokinetic peak torque measurements were calculated in both groups.
resultsMaximal displacement of the vastus medialis on the ACL reconstruction side was significantly higher than for the non-ACL reconstruction side and for the control group (p = 0.026). Half-relaxation time for the vastus medialis and biceps femoris was significantly higher for both the ACLR and non-ACLR sides compared with the control group (p = 0.001). There were also significant differences in symmetry in the vastus medialis and biceps femoris when comparing results between the ACL reconstruction group and the control group (p = 0.034, p = 0.043, respectively).
conclusionsThe presence of strength and symmetry deficits in the vastus medialis and biceps femoris suggests the need for long-term post-operative training following ACL reconstruction. There are clinical relevant improvements of muscle response and velocity as well as muscle strength in patients with chronic ACLR. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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