An Extensive Evaluation of Different Knee Stability Assessment Measures: A Systematic Review

Abulhasan, Jawad F.; Snow, Martyn; Anley, Cameron; Bakhsh, Mohammad M.; Grey, Michael J.

doi:10.3390/jfmk1020209

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“…Recently, the authors [11,13,39] have shown that physical activity is effective in reducing pain and movement limitations in knee diseases, such as OA and in knee stability [40]. Today, physical activity is considered as a complementary and optional treatment.…”

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The Effects of Exercise and Kinesio Tape on Physical Limitations in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Castrogiovanni

Giunta²,

Guglielmino³

et al. 2016

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of kinesio taping (KT) in combination with moderate adapted exercise on the functional outcome of patients with knee osteoarthritis. We included 66 patients who presented pain and functional impairment with osteoarthritis. At the end of the treatment, only 57 patients remained because nine patients were excluded. Patients were randomly allocated to three treatment groups: (1) exercise group; (2) exercise KT with tension application (stabilizing effect) group; (3) exercise KT without tension application (draining effect) group. We used different methods of investigation: the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index, the Visual Analogue Scaling Score for Pain, the Timed Up and Go test and analgesic consumption. Our results showed a reduction in knee pain, improvement in knee function and also less need for medication in patients with knee osteoarthritis treated with kinesio taping in combination with exercise for, at least, a period of three months. In conclusion, we can assert that therapeutic knee kinesio taping in association with a moderate adapted training is an effective method for the management of pain and disability limitations in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

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The Effects of Exercise and Kinesio Tape on Physical Limitations in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Castrogiovanni

Giunta²,

Guglielmino³

et al. 2016

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“…Post-hoc tests revealed maximum hip flexion to be significantly lower when landing with the arms towards the non-landing limb side compared to when landing with arms toward the landing limb (p = 0.044) and in front (p = 0.014) ( Table 1). There was a significant effect and large effect size for arm position in the peak dorsiflexion angle (F (3,5) = 24.7, p = 0.002, η p 2 = 0.94). Post-hoc tests indicated ankle dorsiflexion was significantly reduced when landing with arms towards the landing limb side as compared to when landing with arms towards the non-landing limb side (p = 0.004) and in front (p = 0.000).…”

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“…In addition, ACL injuries are reported to occur more commonly during single-limb tasks than during double-limb tasks [4]. The effects of ACL injury can often be debilitating and result in long-term functional impairment including knee instability [5] and changes in motor unit recruitment during low-level contractions [6]. Subsequently, this often causes further damage of the menisci and articular surfaces which reduces knee function and in turn reduces a patient's level of physical activity [7,8].…”

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The Effect of Arm Position on Lower Extremity Kinematics during a Single Limb Drop Landing: A Preliminary Study

Masters

Johnstone

Hughes

2016

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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur most commonly during non-contact situations, such as landing from a jump. Arm position has been shown to affect the loading of the lower extremity and therefore alter the potential injury risk. This study aimed to investigate the effect of arm position on lower extremity kinematics during single limb drop landings. Eight recreational American football players performed single limb drop landings on their preferential limb in four different conditions; (1) control (arms free); (2) arms to landing limb side; (3) arms in front of body; and (4) arms away from landing limb side. Kinematics of the hip, knee and ankle were recorded in both the sagittal and frontal planes at initial ground contact and maximum. Results showed that there was a significant decrease in maximum hip flexion and a significant increase in peak dorsiflexion when landing with arms away from the landing-side limb. Since decreased hip flexion and increased ankle dorsiflexion have been proposed to increase the likelihood of ACL injury, it would appear that landing with arms away from the landing-side limb may increase the risk of ACL injury, and therefore athletes should avoid this position when landing from a jump.

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“…The literature lacks a gold standard anteroposterior knee laxity measure to assess anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries [13]. As a result, clinicians rehabilitate the injured knee through a variety of resistance training protocols with the aim of strengthening thigh muscles to overcome knee instability.…”

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Peripheral Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation to Augment Resistance Training

Abulhasan

Rumble

Morgan

et al. 2016

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Electrical stimulation (ES) and magnetic stimulation (MS), applied peripherally, may be used to elicit muscle contractions to increase muscle hypertrophy, increase muscle strength and reduce knee laxity in rehabilitation following injury. We aimed to examine the effect of a three-week exercise programme designed to induce muscle hypertrophy augmented by peripheral ES and MS. We hypothesised that the use of peripheral stimulation to augment voluntary drive during a resistance-training protocol would induce more repetitions thus leading to increased thigh circumference, muscle layer thickness, and quadriceps strength whilst decreasing knee laxity. Thirty healthy participants were divided randomly into either ES, MS or Control groups. Five resistance training sessions were carried out, consisting of four sets of quadriceps extensions. During the first three sets the participants performed eight repetitions at 85% of their 1-repetition maximum (1-RM). On the last set, the participants were instructed to perform the exercise until failure. The augmentation of peripheral stimuli allowed the MS and ES groups to continue to exercise producing, on average, 4 ± 2 and 7 ± 6 additional repetitions with ES and MS, respectively. Following the training, significant increases were observed for both 1-RM (p = 0.005) and muscle layer thickness (p = 0.031) whilst no change was observed in thigh circumference (p = 0.365). Knee laxity decreased (p = 0.005). However, there were no significant differences in the stimulation groups compared with control for any of these measurements. The additional repetitions elicited by stimulation after the point of failure suggests that peripheral electrical and/or magnetic stimulation may be useful as an adjunct for resistance training. However, this effect of resistance training augmented by peripheral stimulation on hypertrophy, strength and knee laxity may be small

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An Extensive Evaluation of Different Knee Stability Assessment Measures: A Systematic Review

Cited by 12 publications

References 78 publications

The Effects of Exercise and Kinesio Tape on Physical Limitations in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

The Effects of Exercise and Kinesio Tape on Physical Limitations in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

The Effect of Arm Position on Lower Extremity Kinematics during a Single Limb Drop Landing: A Preliminary Study

Peripheral Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation to Augment Resistance Training

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