NDLI: Human hip and knee torque accommodations to anterior cruciate ligament dysfunction

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Author	Osternig, Louis R. Ferber, Reed Mercer, John Davis, Howard
Copyright Year	2000
Abstract	It has been postulated that the adaptations of lower extremity function exhibited by anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficient and post-ACL surgical patients represent early accommodations to the loss of ACL function after injury so that excessive anterior displacement of the tibia is prevented. Prior studies have suggested that compensation patterns in ACL deficient and post-ACL surgical subjects may affect joint moments of the knee as well as the hip. However, the variance in knee and hip forces between ACL deficient, post-surgical ACL and uninjured groups has not been clearly elucidated. The purpose of this study was to assess hip:knee extensor torque ratios relative to anterior tibia shear in pre-surgical-ACL deficient, post-surgical and uninjured subjects. Measurements of hip and knee joint moments and anterior tibia shear were recorded from 45 injured and uninjured subjects (21 men, 24 women) during lower extremity, variable resistance exercise. Anterior tibia shear was computed by decomposing joint moments and reaction forces according to a model derived from cadaver knee dissections and radiography, in combination, to estimate the tibio-femoral compressive and shear forces generated by the patellar tendon at various angles throughout the knee joint range. Three groups of subjects were studied: recently injured ACL deficient pre-surgical subjects who were scheduled for immediate surgery (PRE; n=15); post-surgical subjects who had undergone ACL reconstructive surgery at least 1 year prior to testing (POST; n=15); and uninjured controls (CON; n=15). All PRE and POST subjects had a normal contralateral limb. Tests were conducted under six conditions: 1 and 1.5 Hz cadence and maximal speed at 33% and 50% one repetition maximum resistance. The results revealed that the hip:knee ratios were significantly greater for the post-ACL surgical group than the PRE and CON groups (P < 0.01; P < 0.03). There were significant negative correlations between the hip extensor:knee extensor torque ratios and maximal anterior tibia shear. across all groups. The hip:knee extensor torque ratio increased with decreased anterior tibia shear in all groups with significant correlations ranging from −0.55 to −0.88 (P < 0.01) for the injured limbs of PRE and POST groups, and −0.64 to −0.78; (P < 0.01) for the CON group. The highest overall correlations were found for the post-surgical subjects. The results revealed that anterior tibia shear declined significantly with speed (P < 0.01) in all groups. However, the converse was true for the hip:knee extensor torque ratio across speeds. The ratio increased significantly with speed (P < 0.001) for all groups at the 33% and 50% resistances. The results suggest (1) that post-ACL surgical subjects appear to accommodate to ACL substitution by using hip extensors to a significantly greater extent than the uninjured controls in closed-chain lower extremity exercise; (2) that the hip:knee extensor torque ratio is significantly related to the magnitude of anterior tibia shear; and (3) that the anterior tibia shear is significantly reduced as speed increases in closed-chain lower extremity exercise.
Starting Page	71
Ending Page	76
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14396319
Journal	European Journal of Applied Physiology
Volume Number	83
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14396327
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2000-09-15
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physiology (medical) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sports Science

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