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Title: Efficacy of electromyographic biofeedback and electrical stimulation following arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Akkaya, Nuray
Ardıç, Füsun
Ozgen, M.
Akkaya, Semih
Şahin, Füsun
Kılıç, Alper
Keywords: electrical stimulation
electromyographic biofeedback
Meniscectomy
rehabilitation
adult
aged
arthroscopy
article
clinical trial
comparative study
controlled clinical trial
controlled study
convalescence
electromyography
electrostimulation
female
follow up
hospitalization
human
injury
joint characteristics and functions
knee injury
knee meniscus
knee osteoarthritis
male
methodology
middle aged
muscle strength
pain assessment
pathophysiology
physiology
postoperative care
prospective study
psychophysiology
radiography
randomized controlled trial
rehabilitation center
risk assessment
single blind procedure
treatment outcome
university hospital
Adult
Aged
Arthroscopy
Biofeedback, Psychology
Electric Stimulation
Electromyography
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospitals, University
Humans
Knee Injuries
Male
Menisci, Tibial
Middle Aged
Muscle Strength
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Pain Measurement
Postoperative Care
Prospective Studies
Range of Motion, Articular
Recovery of Function
Rehabilitation Centers
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Single-Blind Method
Treatment Outcome
Abstract: Objective: To compare the effectiveness of electromyographic biofeedback training and electrical stimulation therapy for rehabilitation following arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. Design: Randomized, prospective, controlled single-blind trial. Setting: Department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, university hospital. Subjects: Forty-five patients who had undergone surgery for arthroscopic partial meniscectomy were randomly divided into three groups with 15 patients in each group. Interventions: The control group had home exercise, the second and third groups received electromyographic biofeedback training or electrical stimulation therapy to quadriceps muscle in addition to home exercise. Main measures: The patients were evaluated for: visual analogue scale, gait velocity (m/s), time using a walking aid after surgery, Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale score, knee flexion-extension angle, maximum and average contraction powers of vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis muscles on the day before the operation and two and six weeks after. Results: The time using a walking aid was 8.3±8.0, 1.5±2.5 and 4.5±5.5 days, respectively, for the home exercise, electromyographic biofeedback training and electrical stimulation groups, and significantly shorter in the electromyographic biofeedback training than in the home exercise group (P<0.017). While significant progress was detected in Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale score in the second and sixth postoperative weeks compared to the preoperative within-group evaluation for each of the three groups (P<0.017), there was significant difference in Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale in the second postoperative week in favour of electromyographic biofeedback training compared to home exercise (P<0.017). There were significant differences in vastus medialis obliquus average and vastus lateralis maximum and average contractions in favour of electromyographic biofeedback compared to home exercise and electrical stimulation in the second postoperative week (P<0.017). Conclusions: The addition of electromyographic biofeedback training to a conventional exercise programme following arthroscopic partial meniscectomy helps to speed up the rehabilitation process. © 2011 SAGE Publications.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/8668
https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215511419382
ISSN: 0269-2155
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