ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021
Does Posterior Cruciate Ligament Retention or Sacrifice in Total Knee Replacement Affect Proprioception? A Systematic Review.
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- Posterior cruciate ligament management in medial pivot total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Pooled it
- Disrupted sensorimotor control after ACL injury: from mechanoreceptor degeneration to neuroplasticity-oriented rehabilitation.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
- Comparable outcomes with a potential functional advantage of PCL preservation in medial-stabilized total knee arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the FP-UCBM Knee Study Group.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Contemporary Review: Proprioception in Ankle Stability.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Comparable joint awareness and implant survival at midterm follow-up between CR and PS TKA: An anatomic phenotype-based propensity score-matched analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Can pain be improved with retention of the posterior cruciate ligament during total knee arthroplasty?European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- Relationship Between Mechanoreceptors in the Posterior Cruciate Ligament and Patient Age or Osteoarthritis Severity.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- No Significant Differences in Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes between PCL Retained or Sacrificed Kinematic Aligned Medial Pivot Total Knee Arthroplasty in Varus Knee.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligaments Mechanoreceptors: A Review of Basic Science.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundProprioception is an important part of the somatosensory system involved in human motion control, which is fundamental for activities of daily living, exercise, and sport-specific gestures. When total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is performed, the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) can be retained, replaced, or discarded. The PCL seems to be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the joint position sense (JPS) and joint kinesthesia. The aim of this review was to assess the effect of PCL on knee joint proprioception in total knee replacement.
methodsThis systematic review was conducted within five electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane, and PEDro with no data limit from inception to May 2021.
resultsIn total 10 publications were evaluated. The analysis was divided by proprioception assessment method: direct assessment (JPS, kinesthesia) and indirect assessment (balance).
conclusionsThe current evidence suggest that the retention of the PCL does not substantially improve the joint proprioception after TKA. Due to the high heterogeneity of the studies in terms of design, proprioception outcomes, evaluation methods, further studies are needed to confirm the conclusions. In addition, future research should focus on the possible correlation between joint proprioception and walking function.
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