Research Article

[Retracted] Impaction Of Rehabilitations And Strengthening Programs before And after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction In Return to the Fitness Level

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with an ACL injury (n= 60).

VariablesN (%)

Mode of injury
  (i) Road traffic accident (RTA)01 (01.7%)
  (ii) Falling05 (08.3%)
  (iii) Contact sport22 (36.7%)
  (iv) Noncontact sport32 (53.3%)

Dominant leg
  (i) Right31 (51.7%)
  (ii) Left29 (48.3%)

Chief complaint
  (i) Instability43 (71.7%)
  (ii) Locking04 (06.7%)
  (Iii) Both13 (21.7%)

Duration between the injury and the surgery
  (i) < 6 months08 (13.3%)
 (ii) > 6 months and <1 year21 (35.0%)
 (iii) > 1 year31 (51.7%)

Types of rehabilitation
 (i) Standard hospital rehab program20 (33.3%)
 (ii) Gym rehab11 (18.3%)
 (iii) Both26 (43.3%)
 (iv) None03 (05.0%)

The duration of post-operative rehabilitation
 (i) Less than one month at the hospital13 (21.7%)
 (ii) More than two months at the hospital07 (11.7%)
 (iii) Less than one month at a gym02 (03.3%)
 (iv) More than two months at a gym09 (15.0%)
 (v) Less than one month in both04 (06.7%)
 (vi) More than two months in both22 (36.7%)
 (vii) None03 (05.0%)

Returning to the fitness level
 (i) Yes20 (33.3%)
 (ii) No40 (66.7%)

Mean ± SD
Lysholm scoring scale84.9 ± 3.45
Tegner score4.77 ± 1.06
Returning to normal daily activities in weeks8.98 ± 1.35