T

ITL
E
E
FFE
CT I
VENESSOFCRYOTHER
APYAF
TER
ANTERI
ORCRUCI
ATEL
IGAMENT
RECONSTR
UCTI
ON

NAME
:N.
PAR
IMAL
A
GUI
DE:
RAZI
YAMAM

Abs
tr
act

BACKGR
OUND:
An t
er
iorcr
uci
at
eli
gamenti
soneoft
hekey
l
igame nt
st
hathe
lpst
abi
l
iz
ethekne
ejoin
t.
it
connectst
het
hi
ghbone(f
emur
)toshi
nbone
(
tibi
a).
OBJ
ECT
IVE
:
Thepur
poseoft
hisst
udywastoe v
alu
ate
Cryot
her
apyeff
ect
ive
n e
s si
nth
eimmediate
post
oper
ati
veper
iodof ACLrecon
st
ruc
tion
t
oimprov
epainan drangeofmoti
on(ROM)
oft
heknee.

ME
THODS:
T
hisi
sapi
lot
st
udyofapros
pec
ti
vean
d
r
andomi
zedcl
in
ical
tr
ai
l.
Pati
ent
s(n
=20)we '
redi
vi
dedin t
otwo
groups
;In
ter
vent
ionGroupA(n=10)pati
ent
s
we r
esubmit
t
edtoaninpat
ien
t phys
ical
t
he r
apyprot
ocolandrec
eiv
edi cecompre
ss
f
or20mi nut
es,
twiceaday;contr
olGroup
B( n
=10)pati
ent
swe r
esubmit
tedtoan
i
npat
i
ent
phy
si
cal
the
rapypr
ot
ocol
.

OUT
COMEME
ASUR
ES:
Th
epainin
ten
si
tywaseval
uat
edwitht
he
vi
su
alanal
ogi
cscal
e(VAS)andRangeof
mot
ion(
ROM)wasmeas ur
edwi
thgoni
ome
ter
.

R
ESUL
TS:
Thein
terv
ent
ionGroup(A)h adimport
ant
absol
uteandperc
eptuali
mpr ovementwh
en
comparedwitht
hecontr
ol(B)Gr oup
regar
dingmeasur
esofpainan dk n
ee
f
lexi
on/ext
ensi
onROM.

CONCL
USI
ON:
Cry
other
apyi
ntheimmedi
atepost
oper
ati
ve
per
iodofACLr
econst
ru
cti
onwase f
f
ect
ivet
o
i
mprovepai
nandrangeofmoti
onofth
e
kn
ee .

KE
YWOR
DS:
Cr
yot
her
apy
,Ante
ri
orc
ruc
iat
eli
gament
,pai
n
me
asur
emen
t,R
angeofmoti
on,
Art
i
cul
ar
.