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April 30, 2025The Asian Journal of KinesiologyOpen Access

Optimizing ACL Recovery through Prehabilitation and Blood Flow Restriction Training during Rehabilitation: A Case Study

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Why the study?

This study explored the application of pre-surgical rehabilitation combined with blood flow restriction on return-to-sport readiness in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction patients.

Does prehabilitation combined with post-surgical blood flow restriction training improve return-to-sport readiness in ACLR patients?

Population

2 ACLR patients including a 56-year-old active participant and a 31-year-old professional footballer

Comparison

Pre-surgical rehabilitation followed by post-surgical rehabilitation incorporating BFR training

Design

Case study

Follow-up

12 weeks post-surgical for both subjects, with 24-week follow-up in 1 subject

Authors

FRFahmi Abd RahmanJTJoerg TeichmannJWJad Adrian Washif

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Overview

BFR prehab may support RTS readiness in ACLR; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does prehabilitation combined with post-surgical blood flow restriction training improve return-to-sport readiness in ACLR patients?

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Population
n=2 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) patients (a 56-year-old active participant and a 31-year-old professional footballer)
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Intervention
Pre-surgical rehabilitation (prehabilitation) for 6-12 weeks focusing on mobility, strengthening, and neuromuscular exercises, followed by 6-week post-surgical rehabilitation incorporating blood flow restriction (BFR) training
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Outcome
Return-to-sport (RTS) readiness assessed by Limb Symmetry Index (LSI), isometric leg press (strength), Y balance test, single leg hop test (distance), and drop jump (jump height, reactive strength index)surrogate

Prehabilitation combined with post-surgical rehabilitation incorporating blood flow restriction training may enhance return-to-sport readiness in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction.

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Rahman et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72f71e3347cc31859a2d5bhttps://doi.org/10.15758/ajk.2025.27.2.12
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