Comparison of Blood Flow Restriction Interventions to Standard Rehabilitation After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood flow restriction training (BFR-t) data are heterogeneous. It is unclear whether rehabilitation with BFR-t after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is more effective in improving muscle strength and muscle size than standard rehabilitation.

Purpose

To review outcomes after an ACL injury and subsequent reconstruction in studies comparing rehabilitation with and without BFR-t.

Study design

Systematic review. Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

A search of English-language human clinical studies published in the past 20 years (2002-2022) was carried out in 5 health sciences databases, involving participants aged 18-65 undergoing rehabilitation for an ACL injury. Outcomes associated with muscle strength, muscle size, and knee-specific patient-repo

SUBMITTER: Colombo V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11608515 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature