Reabilitação fisioterapêutica no pós operatório de LCA em jogadores profissionais de futebol: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

The reabilitation of professional football players after anterior cruciate ligament surgery is essential for their recovery. Physiotherapeutic intervention plays a crucial role in this process through various protocols, aiming for a safe and functional return to sport. This study aims to analyze physiotherapeutic rehabilitation protocols in the postoperative period of anterior cruciate ligament surgery in professional football players. This is an integrative review of the literature, using the Google Scholar and Scielo databases with a selection of articles with years of publication between 2019 and 2023. This integrative review provides a comprehensive view of physiotherapeutic rehabilitation protocols for professional football players after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. In the search results, 89 articles were found, after detailed analysis, 15 articles were excluded because they did not meet the established inclusion criteria, leaving only 8 articles that addressed all the proposed criteria. The results found were that different approaches, such as the combination of traditional rehabilitation with exercises on the vibrating platform, electrical stimulation, closed kinetic chain technique and proprioceptive exercises, have demonstrated effectiveness in the recovery of these athletes. It is concluded that during the entire process of anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation, several protocols were inserted from the painful phase to the final phase of treatment, among which are those that had the most prevalence, muscle strengthening in the lower limbs, the use of of electrotherapy as a supplementary method in analgesia and proprioceptive exercises.