Postoperative physical therapy rehabilitation of patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury - A Bibliographic Review
International Journal of Development Research
Postoperative physical therapy rehabilitation of patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury - A Bibliographic Review
Received 09th January, 2020; Received in revised form 21st February, 2020; Accepted 16th March, 2020; Published online 29th April, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Adriane do Nascimento Carneiro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The knee joint is considered a complex structure, which provides stability and mobility, which is composed of bone, muscle and ligament structures. ACL rupture causes knee joint instability with excessive internal rotation and anterior tibial translation, especially when reaching the last degrees of extension, causing limitations in activities of daily living. This work aims to show the effectiveness of physiotherapy in the treatment of ACL injuries. The method started from a bibliographic review, through books, personal files, websites of medicine and physiotherapy available on the internet, magazines and scientific articles in the health area, aiming to illustrate and theoretically base the work. Articles were selected for the present study, in Portuguese and English. The bibliographic survey was carried out with references to publications between the years 2000 to 2017. The present study revealed the importance of Physiotherapy in the process of rehabilitation of ACL injuries. It demonstrated that most patients respond satisfactorily, and resistance levels can be noticed in a few cases.
