Neural Correlates of Self-Reported Knee Function in Individuals After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a common knee injury among athletes and physically active adults. Despite surgical reconstruction and extensive rehabilitation, reinjuries are common and disability levels are high, even years after therapy and return to activity. Prolonged knee dysfunction may result in part from unresolved neuromuscular deficits of the surrounding joint musculature in response to injury. Indeed, "upstream" neurological adaptations occurring after injury may explain these persistent functional deficits. Despite evidence for injury consequences extending beyond the joint to the nervous system, the link between neurophysiological impairments and patient-reported measures of knee function remains unclear.

Hypothesis

Patterns of brain activ

SUBMITTER: Criss CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808834 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature