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Abstract
Background: Functional performance tests serve to monitor the injured leg's resilience after anterior cruciate ligament injuries. The limb symmetry index greater than or equal to 90% represents an objective criterion to evaluate the knee function restoration and to return to sports.
Aims: The aim was to detect the point in time when limb symmetries and pre-injury levels of performance were restored, during the first year after surgery. Based on the data obtained, the proper moment for return to sport readiness was identified.
Methods: A 25-year-old female competitive gymnast performed a single-leg functional test battery. The study was conducted over 24 months and included one pre-injury and seven post-injury sessions.
Results: Inter-limb symmetries were restored at eight-ten months in all tests. Pre-injury performance levels were achieved at six months in two out of four tests. The single-leg hop for distance showed a performance decrease greater than 20% in the injured leg at twelve months.
Conclusion: Return to sport readiness was identified at ten months after surgery. Nevertheless, the restored inter-limb symmetry does not take into account performance decreases in the single-leg hop for distance and y-balance tests. Therefore, regular baseline assessments are recommendable to provide data for comparison and to optimise the decision-making process after injury.
Aims: The aim was to detect the point in time when limb symmetries and pre-injury levels of performance were restored, during the first year after surgery. Based on the data obtained, the proper moment for return to sport readiness was identified.
Methods: A 25-year-old female competitive gymnast performed a single-leg functional test battery. The study was conducted over 24 months and included one pre-injury and seven post-injury sessions.
Results: Inter-limb symmetries were restored at eight-ten months in all tests. Pre-injury performance levels were achieved at six months in two out of four tests. The single-leg hop for distance showed a performance decrease greater than 20% in the injured leg at twelve months.
Conclusion: Return to sport readiness was identified at ten months after surgery. Nevertheless, the restored inter-limb symmetry does not take into account performance decreases in the single-leg hop for distance and y-balance tests. Therefore, regular baseline assessments are recommendable to provide data for comparison and to optimise the decision-making process after injury.
| Translated title of the contribution | Limb Symmetry Index und pre-injury performance level nach Rekonstruktion des vorderen Kreuzbandes bei einer Turnerin: ein Fallbericht |
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| Original language | English |
| Journal | Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISSN | 0949-328X |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Electronically/ online published ahead of print - 13.03.2021 |
Research areas and keywords
- Dynamic balance control
- Hop tests
- Knee injuries
- Limb asymmetry
- Return to sport readiness
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Return-to-Competition: Erprobung und Einsatz einer sportmotorischen Testbatterie als Grundlage für die zeitlich optimale Rückkehr in das sportartspezifische Training nach Verletzungen der unteren Extremitäten
Wilke, C., Feodoroff, B., Scinicarelli, G., Bynoe, M. D., Koch, R., Mester, T. & Froböse, I.
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Project: Funded by internal resources