Open versus Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises following an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no consensus on whether closed kinetic chain (CKC) or open kinetic chain (OKC) exercises should be the intervention of choice following an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury or reconstruction.

Methods

A systematic search identified randomized controlled trials of OKC versus CKC exercise training in people who had undergone ACL reconstructive surgery. All published studies in this systematic review were comparisons between OKC and CKC groups.

Results

Seven studies were included. Lysholm knee scoring scale was not significantly different between OKC and CKC exercise patients: MD: -1.03%; CI: -13.02, 10.95; p value = 0.87 (Chi²  =  0.18, df = 1, and p value  =  0.67). Hughston clinic questionnaire scores were not signific

SUBMITTER: Jewiss D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5585614 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature