Gait Adaptations at 8 Years After Reconstruction of Unilateral Isolated and Combined Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It remains unclear how posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction influences long-term lower extremity joint biomechanics.

Purpose

To determine whether patients who underwent PCL reconstruction exhibited long-term alterations in lower limb gait mechanics.

Study design

Controlled laboratory study.

Methods

A total of 26 patients underwent gait analyses at 8.2 ± 2.6 years after primary unilateral PCL reconstruction. Sex- and age-matched healthy controls were analyzed for comparison. Gait data were collected using motion capture and force plates. Hip, knee, and ankle angles and moments were compared during initial contact, early stance, and late stance for the reconstructed and uninjured contralateral limbs of patients who underwent PCL reconstruct

SUBMITTER: Brisson NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8283187 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature