Steven J Pfeiffer1,2, Jeffrey Spang3, Daniel Nissman4, David Lalush4,5, Kyle Wallace2, Matthew S Harkey6, Laura S Pietrosimone1,2, Randy Schmitz7, Todd Schwartz8, Troy Blackburn2, Brian Pietrosimone2. 1. Human Movement Science Curriculum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 2. Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 3. Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC. 4. Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 5. Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Raleigh, NC. 6. Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA. 7. Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro NC. 8. Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Aberrant walking biomechanics after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are hypothesized to be associated with deleterious changes in knee cartilage. T1ρ magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is sensitive to decreased proteoglycan density of cartilage. Our purpose was to determine associations between T1ρ MRI interlimb ratios (ILR) and walking biomechanics 6 months after ACLR. METHODS: Walking biomechanics (peak vertical ground reaction force (vGRF), vGRF loading rate, knee extension moment, knee abduction moment) were extracted from the first 50% of stance phase in 29 individuals with unilateral ACLR. T1ρ MRI ILR (ACLR limb/uninjured limb) was calculated for regions of interest in both medial and lateral femoral (LFC) and medial and lateral tibial condyles. Separate, stepwise linear regressions were used to determine associations between biomechanical outcomes and T1ρ MRI ILR after accounting for walking speed and meniscal/chondral injury (P ≤ 0.05). RESULTS: Lesser peak vGRF in the ACLR limb was associated with greater T1ρ MRI ILR for the LFC (posterior ΔR = 0.14, P = 0.05; central ΔR = 0.15, P = 0.05) and medial femoral condyle (central ΔR = 0.24, P = 0.01). Lesser peak vGRF loading rate in the ACLR limb (ΔR = 0.21, P = 0.02) and the uninjured limb (ΔR = 0.27, P = 0.01) was associated with greater T1ρ MRI ILR for the anterior LFC. Lesser knee abduction moment for the injured limb was associated with greater T1ρ MRI ILR for the anterior LFC (ΔR = 0.16, P = 0.04) as well as the posterior medial tibial condyle (ΔR = 0.13, P = 0.04). CONCLUSION: Associations between outcomes related to lesser mechanical loading during walking and greater T1ρ MRI ILR were found 6 months after ACLR. Although preliminary, our results suggest that underloading of the ACLR limb at 6 months after ACLR may be associated with lesser proteoglycan density in the ACLR limb compared with the uninjured limb.
PURPOSE: Aberrant walking biomechanics after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are hypothesized to be associated with deleterious changes in knee cartilage. T1ρ magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is sensitive to decreased proteoglycan density of cartilage. Our purpose was to determine associations between T1ρ MRI interlimb ratios (ILR) and walking biomechanics 6 months after ACLR. METHODS: Walking biomechanics (peak vertical ground reaction force (vGRF), vGRF loading rate, knee extension moment, knee abduction moment) were extracted from the first 50% of stance phase in 29 individuals with unilateral ACLR. T1ρ MRI ILR (ACLR limb/uninjured limb) was calculated for regions of interest in both medial and lateral femoral (LFC) and medial and lateral tibial condyles. Separate, stepwise linear regressions were used to determine associations between biomechanical outcomes and T1ρ MRI ILR after accounting for walking speed and meniscal/chondral injury (P ≤ 0.05). RESULTS: Lesser peak vGRF in the ACLR limb was associated with greater T1ρ MRI ILR for the LFC (posterior ΔR = 0.14, P = 0.05; central ΔR = 0.15, P = 0.05) and medial femoral condyle (central ΔR = 0.24, P = 0.01). Lesser peak vGRF loading rate in the ACLR limb (ΔR = 0.21, P = 0.02) and the uninjured limb (ΔR = 0.27, P = 0.01) was associated with greater T1ρ MRI ILR for the anterior LFC. Lesser knee abduction moment for the injured limb was associated with greater T1ρ MRI ILR for the anterior LFC (ΔR = 0.16, P = 0.04) as well as the posterior medial tibial condyle (ΔR = 0.13, P = 0.04). CONCLUSION: Associations between outcomes related to lesser mechanical loading during walking and greater T1ρ MRI ILR were found 6 months after ACLR. Although preliminary, our results suggest that underloading of the ACLR limb at 6 months after ACLR may be associated with lesser proteoglycan density in the ACLR limb compared with the uninjured limb.
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