Hello Ana,
I am glad you had such a good recovery. Unfortunately, a single case study
does not support the benefit or not of theses machines.
There are many CPMs in Sydney Australia sitting in cupboards gathering dust
as the orthop surgeons here found no benefit with them. I think if you did a
literature search, you may find some interesting information.
|Anna Lee
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Date: Friday, 11 December 1998 8:02
Subject: Re: ACL reconstuction and CPM machines
>I am a 23 year old student physical therapist who had my ACL reconstructed
in
>1996. I was sent home with a CPM and found it very helpful. I had a very
>speedy recovery and had full return of my ROM rather quickly. Coincidence?
>Maybe... but I strongly believe that CPMs are helpful.
>My Ortho. surgeon, Keith Hechman, MD, works with the University of Miami
and
>I believe he was doing some type of study on the effectiveness of CPMs
after
>ACL reconstruction. I'm not sure if he was conducting a study in order to
>publish the results or for his own personal knowledge, but it is worth
looking
>into. I wish I had more info for you. Good Luck!!!
>Cyberly,
>Annie Gutierrez, SPT
>
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