Publications by authors named "Amelia Bruce Leicht"
Article Synopsis
- Patients recovering from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) completed various assessments to measure strength, hop performance, and patient-reported outcomes (PROs), specifically looking at the Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS).
- A total of 223 participants were evaluated for performance differences between those who did and did not meet the PASS threshold on their PROs.
- Results indicated that patients achieving the International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) scores had significantly better strength and limb symmetry compared to those who did not meet this PRO threshold.
Article Synopsis
- Evidence on how thigh muscle strength and limb loading recover during rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction is limited.
- The study found that while patients improved limb loading and strength over time, there were persistent strength deficits compared to the non-injured limb.
- Although lower extremity strength improved and more balanced limb loading was observed, changes in strength did not correlate with changes in limb loading during squats.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine factors correlated with psychological readiness to return to activity after ACLR.
Design: cross sectional study.
Setting: controlled laboratory.
Context: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) patients commonly adopt poor movement patterns that potentially place them at an increased risk for reinjury if untreated. Limb loading characteristics during functional tasks can highlight movement compensations.
Objective: To examine loading symmetry during a bilateral bodyweight squatting task between sexes, compare loading metrics between limbs and sexes, and describe the relationship between loading metrics and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after ACLR.
Context: The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is a commonly used clinical tool to evaluate postural control that is traditionally performed through visual assessment and subjective evaluation of balance errors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an automated computer-based scoring system using an instrumented pressure mat compared to the traditional human-based manual assessment.
Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to evaluate the performance of the automated versus human BESS scoring methodology in healthy individuals.
Context: The purpose of this study was to compare short-term clinical outcomes between meniscus procedures performed with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), ACLR (ACLR-only), ACLR with meniscectomy/resection (ACLR-resect), and ACLR with meniscal repair (ACLR-repair) for bone patellar tendon bone grafts (BPTB) and hamstring tendon grafts, separately.
Design: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a controlled laboratory setting as part of a large point-of-care collaborative research program.
Methods: This study included 314 participants (168 females; mean [SD]: age, 19.
Background: The inherent nature of the torque-velocity relationship is the inverse nature between the velocity of muscle contraction and torque production and is an indication of muscle function. The purpose of this study was to characterize the torque-velocity relationship in the quadriceps following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction compared to healthy limbs.
Methods: 681 participants were included, 493 of which were patients at least four months following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (23.
Background: Return-to-play (RTP) assessment after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) rarely includes hip strength.
Hypothesis: It was hypothesized that (1) patients after ACLR will have weaker hip abduction (AB) and adduction (AD) strength compared with the contralateral limb, with larger deficits in women, (2) there will be a correlation between hip and thigh strength ratios and patient-reported outcomes (PROs), and (3) hip AB and AD strength will improve over time.
Study Design: Descriptive laboratory study.
Background: Clinical outcomes after revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are not well understood.
Hypothesis: Patients undergoing revision ACLR would demonstrate worse patient-reported outcomes and worse limb symmetry compared with a cohort undergoing primary ACLR.
Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.