Trial reportClinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)2018
Effects of localized vibration on knee joint position sense in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Trial report in Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of isokinetic exercises on balance, proprioception, quality of life, and kinesiophobia in multiple sclerosis.Neurodegenerative disease management · 2026Article
- Sensorimotor Dysfunction Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction- an Afferent Perspective: A Scoping Review.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Effects of body orientation and direction of movement on a knee joint angle reproduction test in healthy subjects: An experimental study.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2023Article
- Properties of Knee Joint Position Sense Tests for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Review
- The accuracy of MRI in the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament injury.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
- Quadriceps tendon autograft ACL reconstructed subjects overshoot target knee extension angle during active proprioception testing.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020Article
- Paradoxical relationship in sensorimotor system: Knee joint position sense absolute error and joint stiffness measures.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnterior cruciate ligament injury can disrupt one's mechanoreceptors and result in decreased proprioception such as joint position sense and ultimately altered motor function. The application of localized vibration has been used to investigate the integrity of the sensorimotor system and the mechanisms of quadriceps function after anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction. The purpose of the study is to evaluate joint position sense with and without vibration and compare among anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed, contralateral, and control limbs.
methodsFourteen subjects with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (8 males and 6 females) and fourteen control subjects (7 males and 7 females) participated in the study. Subjects sat on an isokinetic dynamometer chair with localized vibration strapped on the quadriceps tendon while visual and auditory cues were removed. Subjects were asked to remember an active target position and replicate that position actively. The absolute difference between the target and replicated trial was used as joint position sense. There were three trials at three target positions (15, 45, and 75 degrees of knee flexion) with and without vibration. The order of testing conditions was randomized. One-way analysis of variance or non-parametric equivalent (Kruskal-Wallis test) was used to compare among limbs. Significance was set at P < 0.05 a priori.
findingsThere were no significant joint position sense differences among anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed, contralateral, and control limbs with or without vibration (P = 0.207-0.914).
interpretationThere are several potential reasons for the current findings: vibration-induced post effect, locations of vibration, types of vibration, and rehabilitation status. Future studies should expand the current investigation and explore both sensory and motor functions in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed subjects.
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