A comparative study of Kinesthesia motion sense in patients with A.C.l tear before and after reconstruction surgery at acute phase

Kinesthesia motion sense has been impaired after Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tearing and reconstruction surgery can improve it significantly.

The objection of present study was the comparative of Kinesthesia motion sense in patients with A.C.l tear before and after reconstruction surgery at acute phase.

In this Quasi- experimental study, 30 patients with ACL tear, were recruited. The patient was 16 male and 14 female. Patients were selected in a non probability sampling manner. Using C.P.M for testing the Kinesthesia motion sense, as a dependent variable. Data were analyzed with Paired T-Test, ICC, SEM and K-S tests.

Kinesthesia motion sense at the affected knee at the speed of 0.5 m/s before/after surgery was 5.02±0.36 and 3.23±0.25 and at the speed of 2 m/s was 1.95±0.16 and 0.85±0.04 respectively. The difference between pre and post surgery was significant at both speeds (p<0.05).

It seems that reconstruction surgery in patients with ACL tear at acute phase was effective in improvement of Kinesthesia motion sense.