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Open- or closed-kinetic chain exercises after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?
Braden C Fleming1, Heidi Oksendahl, Bruce D Beynnon
1Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Research, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA. Braden_Fleming@brown.edu
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
|July 12, 2005
Abstract:
Open-kinetic chain (OKC) and closed-kinetic chain (CKC) exercises may not differ in their effects on the healing response of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-reconstructed knee. Recent biomechanical studies have shown that the peak strains produced on a graft are similar. Clinical studies suggest that both play a beneficial role in the early rehabilitation of the reconstructed knee.