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The Effect Of Blood Flow Restriction Training On Quadriceps Activity After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial, Florian Forelli, Camille Nguyen, Jean Mazeas, Georgios Kakavas, Timothy E. Hewett, Andreas Bjerregaard, Vasileios Korakakis, Alexandre Jm Rambaud
The Effect Of Blood Flow Restriction Training On Quadriceps Activity After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial, Florian Forelli, Camille Nguyen, Jean Mazeas, Georgios Kakavas, Timothy E. Hewett, Andreas Bjerregaard, Vasileios Korakakis, Alexandre Jm Rambaud
Marshall Journal of Medicine
Background
After anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, a crucial priority is restoring knee muscle strength, especially the quadriceps, to reach the pre-injury strength levels as fast as possible. A feasible alternative to heavy loading might be blood flow restriction training that may elicit quadriceps muscle strength adaptations using low external loads. This study assessed whether quadriceps strengthening using low load blood flow restriction (LL-BFR) would enhance electromyographic (EMG) activity of the vastus medialis (VMO), vastus lateralis (VLO), and rectus femoris (RF) similar to quadriceps strengthening using heavy loads resistance training (HLRT). The secondary objective was to assess intra-quadriceps regional EMG differences …
Systematic Review Of Home Physiotherapy After Hip Fracture Surgery, Saurabh Mehta, Jean-Sébastien Roy
Systematic Review Of Home Physiotherapy After Hip Fracture Surgery, Saurabh Mehta, Jean-Sébastien Roy
Physical Therapy Faculty Research
OBJECTIVE: To compare the benefits of home physiotherapy, institution-based physiotherapy and no physiotherapy following hip fracture surgery.
DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
METHODS: Two reviewers independently extracted data from 5 included studies. Standardized mean differences were pooled for health-related quality of life and performance-based outcomes. Review Manager Version 5 was used for data analysis.
RESULTS: Analysis of the 5 included studies indicated that home physiotherapy was better than no physiotherapy and similar to outpatient physiotherapy in improving patient-reported health-related quality of life. Performance-based outcomes were marginally better following outpatient physiotherapy compared with home physiotherapy 3 and …