Neural excitability alterations after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

BG Pietrosimone, AS Lepley… - Journal of athletic …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
… patients with ACL-R … excitability and corticomotor excitability differed among ACL-R patients
who demonstrated acceptable levels of voluntary quadriceps activation (CAR ≥ 0.95), ACL-…

Contributions of neural excitability and voluntary activation to quadriceps muscle strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

AS Lepley, HM Ericksen, DH Sohn, BG Pietrosimone - The Knee, 2014 - Elsevier
… Additionally, this research cannot speculate on the effect neural excitability has on joint
surface contact forces, joint congruency or ligament tensions, which could be a focus of future …

Assessment of quadriceps corticomotor and spinal-reflexive excitability in individuals with a history of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review …

JL Rush, NR Glaviano, GE Norte - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
neural pathways are affected and when they are affected after ACLR may offer a shift in the
clinical focus of rehabilitation … This systematic review assessed quadriceps neural excitability

Quadriceps neural alterations in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed patients: a 6‐month longitudinal investigation

AS Lepley, PA Gribble, AC Thomas… - … journal of medicine …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… differences between graft types used in the current manuscript, recent literature has
demonstrated no differences in neural excitability between the use of bone-patellar tendon-bone …

[HTML][HTML] Corticospinal tract structure and excitability in patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a DTI and TMS study

AS Lepley, MT Ly, DR Grooms, JM Kinsella-Shaw… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2020 - Elsevier
neural factors contribute to poor outcomes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
… Neurophysiological adaptations have been identified in corticospinal tract excitability, …

[HTML][HTML] How does anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction affect the functioning of the brain and spinal cord? A systematic review with meta-analysis

KM Rodriguez, RM Palmieri-Smith… - Journal of sport and health …, 2021 - Elsevier
… of neural alterations that occur following ACL reconstruction. … excitability have been reported
following ACL injury and … and corticospinal excitability following ACL reconstruction and …

Quadriceps muscle function following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: systemic differences in neural and morphological characteristics

AS Lepley, DR Grooms, JP Burland, SM Davi… - Experimental brain …, 2019 - Springer
… ACLR participants in this study demonstrated differences in neural excitability and
quadriceps muscle morphology compared to controls. Specifically, a lesser ability to generate …

Quadriceps strength and corticospinal excitability as predictors of disability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

BG Pietrosimone, AS Lepley… - … rehabilitation, 2013 - journals.humankinetics.com
… targeting neural dysfunction may improve patient outcomes after ACL-R. In an effort to
evaluate both the mechanical-force-generation capability of the quadriceps and the neural

Rupture, reconstruction, and rehabilitation: a multi-disciplinary review of mechanisms for central nervous system adaptations following anterior cruciate ligament injury

CR Criss, MS Melton, SA Ulloa, JE Simon, BC Clark… - The Knee, 2021 - Elsevier
… the nervous system in individuals after ACL reconstruction (ACL-R) have been largely cross-…
prior history of ACL-R demonstrate differential levels in neural excitability to the quadriceps …

Central nervous system adaptation after ligamentous injury: a summary of theories, evidence, and clinical interpretation

AR Needle, AS Lepley, DR Grooms - Sports Medicine, 2017 - Springer
… dysfunction, motor system excitability, and plasticity of neural networks. As research begins
to … from ACL reconstruction, a higher MT was only observed in the ACL-reconstructed limb, as …