Estudio evolutivo en pacientes intervenidos de plastia de ligamento cruzado anterior

Anthropometric and functional measurements and displacements antero-posterior of the knee have been effected over 23 patients, in different moment; before the operation, and three and six months afterwards. With all these information, we have evaluated the progression of the patients during the process of recovery and we can conclude that the early physiotherapy protocol used in this study has resulted valid and effective in the functional recovery of the patients. This protocol produces a significant increase in the potential of the semitendinous muscle in the injured leg, being this increased potential ever better than in the healthy leg. This clearly indicates that in the application of this protocol, we must work on both legs muscles in order to obtain an adequate balance.