Relationship of knee function and graft type to ankle function and dynamic balance after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Background, Research Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and Bibliography

Abstract

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is one of the most common cases experienced by young indiindividual, uscially those who are active in sports. ACL injuries can be treated with reconstruction. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is the most effective and common orthopedic technique given to ACL patients. ACLR will cause the patient to experience decreased knee and ankle function and impaired dynamic balance.

Objective: To determine whether there was a relationship between knee function and graft type on ankle function and dynamic balance after ACLR.

Methods: The research used a literature review method that extracting data from five scientific articles related to knee function and graft type to ankle function and dynamic balance after ACLR. Literature searches were conducted online through PubMed and Google Scholar using the keywords "ACL injury", "anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction", "knee function", "ankle function", "graft type", and "dynamic balance".

Results: Based on the results of the journal review, it was found that after ACL reconstruction, knee function, and graft type selection would affect ankle function and dynamic balance. Decreased knee function leads to disruption of dynamic balance, and the choice of graft type could cause weakness in ankle function.

Conclusion: Based on some of the literature that has been collected along with the previous discussion, that there might be several problems that arise due to ACLR, such as decreased muscle strength, which could affect knee function as well as disruption of dynamic balance and graft type selection which caused weakened ankle function.