Muscle atrophy after ACL injury: implications for clinical practice

LK Lepley, SM Davi, JP Burland, AS Lepley - Sports Health, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Context: Distinct from the muscle atrophy that develops from inactivity or disuse, atrophy that
occurs after traumatic joint injury continues despite the patient being actively engaged in …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of focal adhesion proteins in skeleton and diseases

S Chen, T He, Y Zhong, M Chen, Q Yao, D Chen… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
The skeletal system, which contains bones, joints, tendons, ligaments and other elements,
plays a wide variety of roles in body shaping, support and movement, protection of internal …

Deficit in knee extension strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is explained by a reduced neural drive to the vasti muscles

S Nuccio, A Del Vecchio, A Casolo… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The persistence of quadriceps weakness represents a major concern following anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The underlying adaptations occurring in the activity …

Overexpression of manganese superoxide dismutase mitigates ACL injury-induced muscle atrophy, weakness and oxidative damage

CM Latham, PJ Balawender, NT Thomas… - Free Radical Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the etiology of skeletal muscle weakness following
joint injury. We investigated longitudinal patient muscle samples following knee injury …

Lower limb muscle size after anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Dutaillis, N Maniar, DA Opar, JT Hickey, RG Timmins - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is known to have a number of
deleterious effects on lower limb muscle function. Alterations in muscle size are one such …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic field therapy enhances muscle mitochondrial bioenergetics and attenuates systemic ceramide levels following ACL reconstruction: Southeast Asian …

MC Stephenson, L Krishna, RMP Selvan, YK Tai… - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Metabolic disruption commonly follows Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction (ACLR) surgery. Brief exposure to low amplitude and frequency pulsed …

Muscle fiber conduction velocity in the vastus lateralis and medialis muscles of soccer players after ACL reconstruction

S Nuccio, A Del Vecchio, A Casolo… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The neural factors underlying the persistency of quadriceps weakness after anterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction (ACLR) have been only partially explained. This study examined …

[HTML][HTML] Down-regulation of mitochondrial metabolism after tendon release primes lipid accumulation in rotator cuff muscle

M Flück, D Fitze, S Ruoss, P Valdivieso… - The American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Atrophy and fat accumulation are debilitating aspects of muscle diseases and are rarely
prevented. Using a vertical approach combining anatomic techniques with omics …

Long-lasting impairments in quadriceps mitochondrial health, muscle size, and phenotypic composition are present after non-invasive anterior cruciate ligament injury

SM Davi, A Ahn, MKS White, TA Butterfield… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Despite rigorous rehabilitation aimed at restoring muscle health, anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is often hallmarked by significant long-term quadriceps …

Gene expression changes in vastus lateralis muscle after different strength training regimes during rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

B Friedmann-Bette, H Lornsen, M Parstorfer… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Impaired muscle regeneration has repeatedly been described after anterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction (ACL-R). The results of recent studies provided some evidence for …