TY - JOUR
T1 - Arthrogenic muscle inhibition after ACL reconstruction
T2 - a scoping review of the efficacy of interventions
AU - Sonnery-Cottet, Bertrand
AU - Saithna, Adnan
AU - Quelard, Benedicte
AU - Daggett, Matt
AU - Borade, Amrut
AU - Ouanezar, Hervé
AU - Thaunat, Mathieu
AU - Blakeney, William G
N1 - © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether reported therapeutic interventions for arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI) in patients with ACL injuries, following ACL reconstruction, or in laboratory studies of AMI, are effective in improving quadriceps activation failure when compared with standard therapy in control groups.DESIGN: A scoping review of the efficacy of interventions was conducted in accordance with the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Search terms included 'arthrogenic muscle inhibition', 'quadriceps activation following knee injuries', 'anterior cruciate' or 'knee' combined with 'quadriceps activation', 'quadriceps inhibition', 'corticomotor', 'arthrogenic', 'brain activation' and 'neuroplasticity'. Articles were evaluated for risk of bias using the PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) criteria. The overall quality of evidence for each intervention was assessed using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).DATA SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases.ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Isolated case reports and articles reporting outcomes in patients with chronic disease or major trauma were excluded. All other original research articles were included.RESULTS: 780 potential articles were identified. 20 met the inclusion criteria. These studies provided a moderate quality of evidence to support the efficacy of cryotherapy and physical exercises in the management of AMI. There was low-quality evidence for efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, and very low-quality evidence for efficacy of ultrasound and vibration.CONCLUSIONS: This scoping review demonstrated moderate-quality evidence for the efficacy of cryotherapy and physical exercises in improving quadriceps activation failure after ACL injury and reconstruction. These therapeutic modalities are therefore recommended in the management of AMI.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether reported therapeutic interventions for arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI) in patients with ACL injuries, following ACL reconstruction, or in laboratory studies of AMI, are effective in improving quadriceps activation failure when compared with standard therapy in control groups.DESIGN: A scoping review of the efficacy of interventions was conducted in accordance with the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Search terms included 'arthrogenic muscle inhibition', 'quadriceps activation following knee injuries', 'anterior cruciate' or 'knee' combined with 'quadriceps activation', 'quadriceps inhibition', 'corticomotor', 'arthrogenic', 'brain activation' and 'neuroplasticity'. Articles were evaluated for risk of bias using the PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) criteria. The overall quality of evidence for each intervention was assessed using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).DATA SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases.ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Isolated case reports and articles reporting outcomes in patients with chronic disease or major trauma were excluded. All other original research articles were included.RESULTS: 780 potential articles were identified. 20 met the inclusion criteria. These studies provided a moderate quality of evidence to support the efficacy of cryotherapy and physical exercises in the management of AMI. There was low-quality evidence for efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, and very low-quality evidence for efficacy of ultrasound and vibration.CONCLUSIONS: This scoping review demonstrated moderate-quality evidence for the efficacy of cryotherapy and physical exercises in improving quadriceps activation failure after ACL injury and reconstruction. These therapeutic modalities are therefore recommended in the management of AMI.
KW - Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries/rehabilitation
KW - Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction/adverse effects
KW - Cryotherapy
KW - Electric Stimulation Therapy
KW - Exercise Therapy
KW - Humans
KW - Physical Therapy Modalities
KW - Quadriceps Muscle/physiopathology
KW - Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
U2 - 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098401
DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098401
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30194224
SN - 0306-3674
VL - 53
SP - 289
EP - 298
JO - British Journal of Sports Medicine
JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine
IS - 5
ER -