Effect of the Rehabilitation Program on the Lower Limbs Function after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery: Case Series from Sudan, Khartoum, 2018-2019

Author(s): Ethar Hajo Ahmed Elsheikh, Dr. Suad Mohamed Ali

Objectives: To assess the effect of the rehabilitation program on the lower limbs function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery.

Design: A case- series hospital-based study.

Setting: The study was conducted in Khartoum state at the Safana physiotherapy and rehabilitation complex at the East Nile Model Hospital from the first of January 2018 to the thirty first of December 2019.

Participants: 13 participants were studied with ACL injuries, aged from 15 to 45 years.

Main outcome measures: The data was collected using the Lower Extremity Functional scale, it comprises 20 items, each item has a score of 5-points (0-4).

Results: Revealed that 9 participants out of 13 had a bad scores before the rehabilitation program and the rest 4 had good scores. After the completion of the program 8 participants had good scores while 5 had bad scores. There is a significant statistical association between the scale scores before and after the rehabilitation (p-value 0.001) and between the participants’ age and the scale scores after the rehabilitation (p-value 0.001). There is also a significant statistical association between the number of sessions and the scores after the rehabilitation (p-value 0.001).

Conclusion: The results revealed the beneficial and crucial role of the rehabilitation program in the lower limbs function restoration.

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