This patient is rehabilitating from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R). He has progressed to early-stage phase 2). To continue improving his dynamic knee stabilization exercises need to be progressed to maximize his performance and minimize his re-injury risk.
This video captures him performing tandem stance chest passes into a rebounder with unobstructed normal vision (level one) and with strobe eyewear (level two).
With level two, it is noticeably more difficult for him to maintain balance because of the disruption in vision and proprioception. Senaptec strobe eyewear helps to improve dynamic joint stability by training the sensorimotor system. Training with strobe eyewear enhances proprioception, which is a subcomponent of somatosensation.
The majority of the research and clinical commentary with the use of strobe eyewear for knee rehabilitation has been with ACL patients. The research has been investigating neuroplasticity for visual-motor training.
The clinical reasoning is
❌ Disrupted afferent input
❌ Altered proprioception
❌ Altered efferent output
❌ Change in postural control
❌ Change in movement control
The change in movement control is the reliance on visual feedback to maintain neuromuscular control. Treatment with strobe eyewear is utilized for visual-motor training with criterion-based exercise progressions.
As always — train both legs!
Effective and efficient rehab is criterion-based, not time-based.
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