Inter-university laboratory of human movement biology (LIBM), University of Savoie-Mont Blanc, EA 7424, 73000 Chambéry, France; Centre d'évaluation et de prévention articulaire (CEPART), 73490 Challes-les-Eaux, France; Centre d'orthopédie et de traumatologie du sport, 73000 Bassens, France.
Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Étienne, Inter-university laboratory of human movement biology, EA 7424, 42023 Saint-Étienne, France; Laboratory of impact of physical activity on health (IAPS), UR n(o)201723207F, University of Toulon, Toulon, France.
Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Jun;65(4):101441. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2020.08.005. Epub 2021 Nov 13.
After anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), quadriceps strength must be maximised as early as possible.
We tested whether local vibration training (LVT) during the early post-ACLR period (i.e., ∼10 weeks) could improve strength recovery.
This was a multicentric, open, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. Thirty individuals attending ACLR were randomised by use of a dedicated Web application to 2 groups: vibration (standardised rehabilitation plus LVT, n=16) or control (standardised rehabilitation alone, n=14). Experimenters, physiotherapists and participants were not blinded. Both groups received 24 sessions of standardised rehabilitation over ∼10 weeks. In addition, the vibration group received 1 hour of vibration applied to the relaxed quadriceps of the injured leg at the end of each rehabilitation session. The primary outcome - maximal isometric strength of both injured and non-injured legs (i.e., allowing for limb asymmetry measurement) - was evaluated before ACLR (PRE) and after the 10-week rehabilitation (POST).
Seven participants were lost to follow-up, so data for 23 participants were used in the complete-case analysis. For the injured leg, the mean (SD) decrease in maximal strength from PRE to POST was significantly lower for the vibration than control group (n=11, -16% [10] vs. n=12, -30% [11]; P=0.0045, Cohen's d effect size=1.33). Mean PRE-POST change in limb symmetry was lower for the vibration than control group (-19% [11] vs. -29% [13]) but not significantly (P=0.051, Cohen's d effect size=0.85).
LVT improved strength recovery after ACLR. This feasibility study suggests that LVT applied to relaxed muscles is a promising modality of vibration therapy that could be implemented early in ACLR.
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02929004.
在前交叉韧带重建(ACLR)后,必须尽早将股四头肌力量最大化。
我们测试了在 ACLR 后早期(即约 10 周)进行局部振动训练(LVT)是否可以改善力量恢复。
这是一项多中心、开放、平行组、随机对照试验。30 名接受 ACLR 的患者通过专用 Web 应用程序随机分为 2 组:振动组(标准康复加 LVT,n=16)或对照组(标准康复,n=14)。实验者、物理治疗师和参与者均未设盲。两组均在约 10 周内接受 24 次标准康复治疗。此外,振动组在每次康复治疗结束时对受伤腿放松的股四头肌施加 1 小时的振动。主要结局——受伤和未受伤腿的最大等长力量(即允许测量肢体不对称)——在 ACLR 前(PRE)和 10 周康复后(POST)进行评估。
7 名参与者失访,因此在完整病例分析中使用了 23 名参与者的数据。对于受伤腿,与对照组(n=11,-16%[10])相比,振动组从 PRE 到 POST 的最大力量下降幅度明显更低(n=12,-30%[11];P=0.0045,Cohen's d 效应大小=1.33)。振动组的肢体对称性 PRE-POST 变化平均值低于对照组(-19%[11] vs. -29%[13]),但无显著差异(P=0.051,Cohen's d 效应大小=0.85)。
LVT 改善了 ACLR 后的力量恢复。这项可行性研究表明,应用于放松肌肉的 LVT 是一种很有前途的振动治疗方式,可在 ACLR 早期实施。
ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT02929004。