Effect of Intense Behaviour of Blood Flow Occlusion Training (BFOT) and Conventional Rehabilitation on Chronic ACL Reconstruction among the Athletes

Anterior Cruciate Ligament  injuries are very common these days which affect the Performance of the  Football players. ACL reconstruction is the choice of treatment option followed by complete tear of the ligament. Rehabilitation plays an important role after ACL reconstruction. Conventional treatment including neuro-muscular electrical stimulation , open chain kinetic exercise, close chain kinetic exercise plays a significant role in rehabilitation. Rehabilitation with advanced treatment protocols including Blood Flow Occlusion Training plays a crucial role after the surgery and helps the patient to return to sports. There are limited studies on the effect of Blood Flow Occlusion Training on Chronic ACL reconstruction in Football players, so there is need to study the comparison between the effect of BFOT with conventional treatment for chronic ACL reconstruction. 24 patient will be selected  based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The subjects will get both verbal and written information about the study and then the interested subjects were requested to sign the informed consent. The subjects will be assigned into two groups, namely Group A and B. Group A Subjects will receive the supervised exercise using Blood Flow Occlusion Training and Group B subjects will receive the Conventional rehabilitation treatment. Pretest readings of Limb Girth, Muscle Strength, Single leg hop test, single leg vertical jump test and International Knee Documentation Committee Score. The intervention will be given for 6 weeks, 4 days per week then post reading will be  recorded on 2nd , 4th  and after completion of the intervention i.e 6th  week