Proprioception following partial meniscectomy in stable knees

Abstract

patients with isolated meniscal tears were found to have a significant proprioceptive deficit which persisted following arthroscopic partial meniscectomy despite an otherwise successful clinical outcome.

Effect of Menisectomy on Recovery of Proprioceptive Deficits Following Arthroscopic Acl Reconstruction

“…In our study, postural control was more impaired and slow to recover among patients who had had ACL reconstruction combined with menisectomy compared to patients with isolated ACL reconstructions. Reduced balancing ability on the affected side was most likely to be caused by deficits due to mechanoreceptor injuries [22]. In the postoperative period, balancing ability increased continuously in both the groups over a period of follow up.…”

Knee Muscle Strength After Recent Partial Meniscectomy Does Not Relate to 2-year Change in Knee Adduction Moment

“…These aspects include muscle activity patterns and proprioceptive acuity [6,19,23,33,37,38]. Future research should explore these aspects of muscle function, because muscle activity patterns during functional tasks [34,36] and proprioceptive acuity [1] reportedly are altered after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. Although the mechanism by which these aspects of muscle function would be related to increases in knee adduction moment are undefined, theoretically each could alter the knee adduction moment by affecting the main factors that determine the knee adduction moment.…”

The impact of previous knee injury on force plate and field-based measures of balance

“…The biological mechanisms by which intra-articular joint injury leads to balance deficits, which in turn contributes to PTOA onset are likely to include impaired proprioception, reduced muscular strength and increased co-contraction of the muscles that cross the knee joint [10][11][12][13][14] . More specifically, optimal balance requires integration of information from the somatosensory, visual, and vestibular systems 43 .…”

“…5 that cross the knee joint which result in altered joint loading [10][11][12][13][14][15] . While balance abilities have been measured in the months following injury 10,12,16 and in patients with OA 17 , there is a lack of research quantifying balance in the interval between joint injury and PTOA onset.…”