Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are increasingly common. Every year, approximately 80,000 people rupture their ACL in the United States alone. Of those, it is mostly the young and active population that suffers the injury. This book provides an overview of the psychological models of injury rehabilitation, the role of coping with ACL injury and the role of social support. Detailed discussions are included related to specific stages of rehabilitation from ACL injury. Furthermore, to investigate the subtle biomechanical changes in the knee following ACL deficiency and reconstruction, both in vitro robotic testing systems and in vivo imaging and computerised modelling techniques have been employed and are examined.
Preface; Facilitating the Psychological Rehabilitation from ACL Injury; Biomechanics of ACL Deficiency & Contemporary Reconstruction Techniques; Tunnel Enlargement After ACL Reconstructions; Effect of ACL Reconstruction on Proprioceptive Functions of ACL Injured Knee; Double-Bundle Versus Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction; Biomechanical Changes & Cell Death in the Rat ACL Resulting from Subfailure Impingement Loading; ACL Injury & Rehabilitation; A New Concept for Reconstruction of ACL; Augmentation Technique with Hamstring Tendons in Chronic Partial Lesions of the ACL:: Clinical & Arthrometric Analysis; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury & Lower Extremity Stress Fractures in Young Female Athletes; Index.
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