@Article{Piontek2012,
journal="Biology of Sport",
issn="0860-021X",
volume="29",
number="1",
year="2012",
title="Original paperSTRATEGY OF VISUAL PROPRIOCEPTIVE
CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH INJURY TO
THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT OF
THE KNEE AND HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
(SOCCER PLAYERS)",
abstract="Objective: Knee joint dysfunction resulting from injury to the anterior crucial ligament (ACL) is associated  not only with mechanical joint instability but also with damage of ligamentous receptors responsible for the joint  proprioception. It was found that disturbances of signals from the damaged joint produce disorders in movement  perception and position of the analogous joint in the normal limb. This study is aimed at evaluating the control  strategy in patients with an injury to the anterior crucial ligament.Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.  Subjects/Patients- 84 men, aged 15 to 55 years (mean age 27 years) were included in this study. Methods- Patients  were divided into two groups: those with unilateral injury to the ACL (33 patients) and a control group of healthy  volunteers (soccer players; 51 men). Anterior crucial ligament damage was confirmed with arthroscopic knee joint  examination in every patient. The way of visual proprioceptive control was assessed with both dynamic (DRT) and  static (SRT) Riva tests standing on one leg. Tests were performed with the Delos Postural Proprioceptive System  (Delos s.r.l., Corso Lecce, Torino, Italy) in the biomechanical evaluation laboratory at Rehasport Clinic in Poznań.  Results: A statistically significant difference for deviations from the averaged axis in SRT (static Riva test) with  closed eyes was found between the limb with a damaged ACL and the normal limb in the group of patients with  injury to the ACL (p=0.006) and between the limb with a damaged ACL and normal limbs in healthy volunteers  (p=0.022). A statistically significant difference for deviations from the averaged axis in SRT with closed eyes was  also found between the dominant and non-dominant limb in healthy volunteers (p=0.013). No significant differences  in the results of tests with open eyes were noted. Conclusions: The results of systems and their contribution to  the visual proprioceptive control suggest an important role of the visual system in compensation of archeproprioceptive  system disorders resulting from injury to the ACL. Clinical Relevance: Neurological deficits of proprioceptive  perception, associated with injury to the ACL and affecting the balance, may be noted only in the results of tests  performed with closed eyes.",
author="Piontek, T.
and Ciemniewska-Gorzela, K.
and Szulc, A.
and Dudziński, W.",
pages="57--62",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Original-paper-STRATEGY-OF-VISUAL-PROPRIOCEPTIVE-r-nCONTROL-IN-PATIENTS-WITH-INJURY-TO-r-nTHE-ANTERIOR-CRUCIATE-LIGAMENT-OF-r-nTHE-KNEE-AND-HEALTHY-INDIVIDUALS-r-n-SOCCER-PLAYERS-,78,23374,1,1.html"
}