Yuta Koshino1, Shohei Taniguchi2, Takumi Kobayashi3, Mina Samukawa4, Masayuki Inoue5. 1. Rehabilitation Center, NTT Medical Center Sapporo, South 1, West 15, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0061, Japan. yutakoshino16@gmail.com. 2. Rehabilitation Center, NTT Medical Center Sapporo, South 1, West 15, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0061, Japan. 3. Department of Rehabilitation, Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation, Chitose, Japan. 4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. 5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NTT Medical Center Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: No consensus exists on rehabilitation programmes after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction (MPFLR) with or without tibial tuberosity osteotomy (TTO). This systematic review examined the content and timeline of rehabilitation (weightbearing, range of motion [ROM] and exercise therapy) and return to sport (RTS), as well as patient-reported outcomes after MPFLR with or without TTO. METHODS: The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Sciences, CINAHL and SPORTDiscus databases were searched from inception to December 2021. Studies that reported postoperative rehabilitation programmes and patient-reported outcomes for patients aged ≥ 18 years who underwent MPFLR with or without concomitant TTO were included. RESULTS: Eighty-five studies were included, 57 of which were case series and only one randomised controlled trial on rehabilitation programmes. Non-weightbearing was set within one week post-operatively in approximately 80% of weightbearing programmes for MPFLR without and with TTO. Joint immobilisation was set within one week post-operatively in 65.3% and 93.8% of programmes for MPFLR without and with TTO, respectively. Weightbearing and ROM (≤ 90°) restriction were within three weeks post-operatively for > 50% of the programmes. Quadriceps strengthening was the most cited exercise therapy (33 programmes), most often initiated within two weeks post-operatively. However, few other exercise programmes were cited (only nine programmes). RTS was mostly noted at six months post-operatively (35 programmes). The weighted mean Kujala score was 87.4 points. CONCLUSION: Regardless of TTO addition to MPFLR, most studies restricted weightbearing and ROM only in the early post-operative period, with seemingly favourable clinical results. Limited information was available on post-operative exercise therapy.
PURPOSE: No consensus exists on rehabilitation programmes after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction (MPFLR) with or without tibial tuberosity osteotomy (TTO). This systematic review examined the content and timeline of rehabilitation (weightbearing, range of motion [ROM] and exercise therapy) and return to sport (RTS), as well as patient-reported outcomes after MPFLR with or without TTO. METHODS: The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Sciences, CINAHL and SPORTDiscus databases were searched from inception to December 2021. Studies that reported postoperative rehabilitation programmes and patient-reported outcomes for patients aged ≥ 18 years who underwent MPFLR with or without concomitant TTO were included. RESULTS: Eighty-five studies were included, 57 of which were case series and only one randomised controlled trial on rehabilitation programmes. Non-weightbearing was set within one week post-operatively in approximately 80% of weightbearing programmes for MPFLR without and with TTO. Joint immobilisation was set within one week post-operatively in 65.3% and 93.8% of programmes for MPFLR without and with TTO, respectively. Weightbearing and ROM (≤ 90°) restriction were within three weeks post-operatively for > 50% of the programmes. Quadriceps strengthening was the most cited exercise therapy (33 programmes), most often initiated within two weeks post-operatively. However, few other exercise programmes were cited (only nine programmes). RTS was mostly noted at six months post-operatively (35 programmes). The weighted mean Kujala score was 87.4 points. CONCLUSION: Regardless of TTO addition to MPFLR, most studies restricted weightbearing and ROM only in the early post-operative period, with seemingly favourable clinical results. Limited information was available on post-operative exercise therapy.
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