Condition: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction · Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Rehabilitation · Athlete · Sponsor: Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are among the most prevalent and functionally limiting knee injuries in sports, particularly those that involve pivoting movements. Despite advancements in surgical reconstruction and physical rehabilitation, many athletes continue to exhibit persistent motor control deficits and increased gait variability, both of which are closely linked to a heightened risk of re-injury and long-term joint degeneration. These deficits arise from biomechanical impairments and disrupt proprioceptive input that requires cortical reorganization, contributing to maladaptive neuroplasticity. However, conventional rehabilitation strategies often overlook this neural dimension. Recent findings emphasize the importance of fostering motor variability and promoting neuroplasticity through external focus strategies, including sensorimotor synchronization. While isochronous cues, an invariant stimulus, are commonly used, they do not reflect the natural fluctuations of healthy gait and may reduce its complexity. Fractal-based cues, in contrast, introduce structured variability resembling the natural dynamics of locomotion and have been shown to restore gait complexity in clinical populations. However, no study has yet explored their acute effects on gait variability and corticospinal function following ACL reconstruction (ACLR). This crossover randomized controlled trial aims to compare the acute effects of a single session of treadmill walking synchronized to e…
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Inês D Ribeiro, MSC Student · (+351) 964 544 607 · 115360@alunos.egasmoniz.edu.pt
Catarina S Pino, MSC Student · (+351) 937 780 194 · 118878@alunos.egasmoniz.edu.pt
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