FMRI Activation in Sensorimotor Regions at 6 Weeks After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brain activity during knee movements is altered throughout the sensorimotor network after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Patients at 2 to 5 years after surgery appear to require greater neural activity to perform basic knee movement patterns, but it is unclear if brain activity differences within sensorimotor regions are present early after surgery. It is also unknown whether uninvolved knee movements elicit similar or unique activity compared with involved knee movements.

Purpose

To examine brain activity in sensorimotor regions during involved and uninvolved knee movements in patients at 6 weeks after ACLR compared with control participants.

Study design

Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.

Methods

A total of 15 patients who under

SUBMITTER: Culiver AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12273877 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature