Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal

en Balance Training Combined with a Secondary Cognitive Task versus Balance Training in Individuals with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Randomized Controlled Trial Cognitive Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Original Original <div style="text-align: justify;">Background: Previous studies have suggested that Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a common musculoskeletal injury. In ACL deficiency, neuromuscular functions are altered due to factors such as pain, instability, fear, and damaged mechanoreceptors. Purpose: To compare the effects of balance training plus cognitive tasks with balance training only. Methods: A group of 26 patients with ACL reconstruction (ACLR) was randomly allocated into two groups: balance training plus cognitive tasks (n = 13) and balance training only (n = 13). All patients received 12 sessions of treatment for 4 weeks. After the end of treatment, the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), Center of pressure (COP) variables used to measure postural performance included sway area (95% confidence ellipse) as well as mean and standard deviation of velocity in anterior–posterior (AP) and medial–lateral (ML) directions, The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), and Tegner activity scale used to record changes in participants post-treatment. Results: The balance training plus cognitive tasks group showed significantly more performance in three directions of SEBT test status compared with the balance training group, but there was no significant difference in other outcomes between the two groups. Conclusion: Balance training, whether combined with cognitive tasks or performed alone, may effectively improve the functional abilities of patients following ACLR surgery.</div> Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Post-surgical, Knee, Cognition, Clinical trials, Balance training, Dual-task 0 0 http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-8111-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fatemeh Emami emamif72@gmail.com 13700319475328460058177 13700319475328460058177 No Department of Physiotherapy, School of Paramedical and Rehabilitation Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Mohammad Reza Amirinejad amirinezhadmr@gmail.com 13700319475328460058178 13700319475328460058178 No Department of Physiotherapy, School of Paramedical and Rehabilitation Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Neda Mostafaee neda_mostafaee@yahoo.com 13700319475328460058179 13700319475328460058179 Yes Orthopedic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Amir Shahriar Ariamanesh AriaManeshA@mums.ac.ir 13700319475328460058180 13700319475328460058180 No Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Hossein Negahban honegahban@yahoo.com 13700319475328460058181 13700319475328460058181 No Department of Physiotherapy, School of Paramedical and Rehabilitation Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Amir Mohammad Rajaee-Nejad amirrajaeenezhad0369@gmail.com 13700319475328460058182 13700319475328460058182 No Department of Physiotherapy, School of Paramedical and Rehabilitation Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Parviz Marouzi marouzip@mums.ac.ir 13700319475328460058183 13700319475328460058183 No Department of Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical and Rehabilitation Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Mohammad Hossein Khabbaz Mehreganparspt@gmail.com 13700319475328460058184 13700319475328460058184 No Department of Physiotherapy, School of Paramedical and Rehabilitation Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran