Comparative study of reconstructive surgery and physiotherapy in patients with anterior cruciate ligament rupture in patients referred to Imam Reza Hospital from 1391 to 1398

Document Type : Original Article

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Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Introduction: Anterior cruciate ligament is one of the most important knee ligaments. This ligament is one of the ligaments that is damaged during vigorous activity. The purpose of this study was comparative evaluation of reconstructive surgery and physiotherapy in patients.
Material and methods: Sixty-three subjects were enrolled in this cross-sectional study which referred to Imam Reza Hospital since 1391 to 1398. 32 patients underwent reconstructive surgery and 31 underwent physiotherapy treatment. The IKDC questionnaire was filled out and collected data was entered into SPSS 21 And were analyzed by two-way ANOVA and BONEFERRONI supplementary tests.
Results: The results showed that both treatment and occupation were effective and reconstructive surgery had a higher score than physiotherapy. Also in the jobs, the score of the soldiers was significantly lower than the rest of the jobs and there were no significant differences between the three freelancer’s jobs, military personnel and athletes.
Conclusion: According to the findings, both the type of treatment chosen and the type of occupation were effective in patient’s follow up. In fact, according to the study, people undergoing reconstructive surgery had more pain than the physiotherapy group. But in spite of the pain, they were more able to perform higher performance and function and achieve higher scores.

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