Functional brain plasticity associated with ACL injury: a scoping review of current evidence

T Neto, T Sayer, D Theisen, A Mierau - Neural plasticity, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Moreover, reconstruction of the ACL does not seem to … with ACL reconstruction continue to
present changes in neural … and corticospinal excitability shown by people with ACL injury. The …

Athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction demonstrate asymmetric intracortical facilitation early after surgery

R Zarzycki, SM Morton… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… in efferent neuralexcitability using paired-pulse TMS in ACL injured individuals. Ward
and colleagues found longer cortical silent periods in the surgical limb of individuals after ACL

Corticomotor excitability associated with unilateral knee dysfunction secondary to anterior cruciate ligament injury

ME Héroux, F Tremblay - Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2006 - Springer
excitability of a given motor representation. The RMT reflects the neuronal excitability of the
most excitable … information about the spatial distribution of excitable elements under the coil […

Quadriceps neuromuscular function in patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with or without knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study

GE Norte, J Hertel, SA Saliba… - Journal of athletic …, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
… We demonstrated a decrease in corticospinal excitability at each time point after ACLR,
indicating that alterations in the threshold of neuronal depolarization in the motor cortex may be …

Greater intracortical inhibition associates with lower quadriceps voluntary activation in individuals with ACL reconstruction

BA Luc-Harkey, MS Harkey, DN Pamukoff… - Experimental brain …, 2017 - Springer
… Decreased voluntary activation contributes to quadriceps weakness following anterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Alterations in neural excitability are likely responsible for …

The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the ankle pronators on neural excitability & functional status in patients with chronic ankle instability

AR Needle, JE Tinsley, JJ Cash, BK Koeval… - Physical Therapy in …, 2023 - Elsevier
… When considering injury status, much of the basis for the current research rests in studies
related to ACL ligament tears combined with the similarities in neural adaptations between that …

Chronic ankle instability and neural excitability of the lower extremity

MM McLeod, PA Gribble… - Journal of athletic …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
… Whereas traditional rehabilitation does not attempt to target excitability deficits, new
rehabilitation paradigms have suggested that targeting excitability alterations may help to improve …

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed patients who recovered normal postural control have dissimilar brain activation patterns compared to healthy controls

YW An, Y Kang, HP Jun, E Chang - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
… Theta power in the central prefrontal cortex is traditionally considered as neural excitability
generated from the anterior cingulate cortex [24], which is highly associated with cognitive …

Knee sensorimotor control following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a comparison between reconstruction techniques

C San Martín-Mohr, I Cristi-Sánchez, PA Pincheira… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… period after ACLR [58] regardless of the degree of graft regeneration [23, 59] probably due
to neuromuscular adaptations such as enhanced ligament-muscular reflex arc excitability [60]…

Neural correlates of self-reported knee function in individuals after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

CR Criss, AS Lepley, JA Onate, JE Simon… - Sports …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… in neuronal excitability of pyramidal neuronal pools within the primary motor cortex in those
after ACL … , 63 neuronal pools within this the ROI corresponding to the SMA in patients with …