Temperature Measurements in Rehabilitation in Patients with Completely Ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament before and after RegentK and Physiotherapy.

Gerhard Litscher, Daniela Litscher, Michael Ofner, Ingrid Gaischek, Daniela-Eugenia Malliga

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Article in Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Gerhard LitscherResearch Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria. gerhard.litscher@medunigraz.at.ORCID 0000-0001-6287-0130

Daniela LitscherResearch Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria. daniela.litscher@medunigraz.at.

Michael OfnerDepartment of Sports Physiology, University of Vienna, Auf der Schmelz 6, 1150 Vienna, Austria. michael.ofner@medyco.net.

Ingrid GaischekResearch Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria. ingrid.gaischek@medunigraz.at.

Daniela-Eugenia MalligaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria. daniela-eugenia.martin@medunigraz.at.

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Abstract

Acute skin surface temperature effects on the knee were investigated after a manual therapy developed by Mohamed Khalifa (RegentK) compared to standard physiotherapy in patients with completely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Twenty patients participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to group A (receiving RegentK) or group B (physiotherapy). Each group consisted of 10 patients. Temperature values were registered on four spots (three on the knee, one on the foot) of the injured and the healthy leg (control). Skin temperature increased significantly after RegentK on all sites of the injured leg, but after physiotherapy only the measurement spots on the knee showed significant increases. After RegentK the temperature had also increased significantly on the control leg, whereas in group B, the results were not significant. Experimental and clinical testing of technical equipment, e.g., infrared thermography, for ACL injuries is important for a better understanding of the different physiological/pathophysiological mechanisms underlying different therapy approaches.

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anterior cruciate ligamentKhalifa therapyphysiotherapyRegentKskin temperaturethermal imaging

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PMID28933374

DOI10.3390/medicines1010012

PMCPMC5532979

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