Research summary · Recovery and rehabilitation
Functional exercise after meniscus repair improves six-month knee motion
Ninety-six patients following meniscus repair were allocated to conventional rehabilitation alone or with additional functional exercise. All completed six-month follow-up; knee motion, patient-reported outcomes and proprioception were assessed.
- Publication year
- 2026
- First published online
- Publication type
- Randomized controlled trial
- Journal
- Journal of Visualized Experiments
- Population / context
- Knee rehabilitation · Return-to-activity preparation
What the publication reports
At six months, the exercise group had 6.74 degrees more knee range of motion (95% CI 5.37–8.10). Some function and pain outcomes also favoured exercise after adjustment for multiple testing. Six-month Lysholm scores, motion sense and postoperative complication rates did not differ significantly.
Limits and interpretation
The trial was registered retrospectively and tested many secondary outcomes, making those findings less secure. Patients were not established as an athletic cohort; better knee motion does not demonstrate faster return to competition or fewer reinjuries.
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Additional Functional Exercise Training Improves Knee Recovery After Meniscus Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Original publication / indexed recordPMID: 42910733DOI: 10.3791/74035Reader discussion
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