Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Supervised exercise schedule
From: Role of nonoperative treatment in managing degenerative tears of the medial meniscus posterior root
Time (weeks) | Exercise | Repetitions |
|---|---|---|
0–12 | Stretching of knee extensors and flexors | 30 s/muscle group × 3 |
0–12 | Range of movement in hip, knee, and ankle in all directions | 30 s/joint × 3 repetitions |
0–12 | Stationary bicycling | 10–20 min gradual increase |
0–4 | Knee flexion concentrically with two legs and eccentrically with one leg | 3 × 10 repetitions |
5–12 | Knee flexion with one leg using gradually increasing resistance with Thera-Band | 3 × 10 repetitions |
0–4 | Knee extension concentrically with two legs and eccentrically with one leg | 3 × 10 repetitions |
5–12 | Knee extension with one leg using gradually increasing resistance with Thera-Band | 3 × 10 repetitions |
0–2 | Straight leg raises with one leg | 3 × 10 repetitions |
3–12 | Straight leg raises with one leg with weights attached (increase as tolerated) | 3 × 10 repetitions |
0–4 | Mini squats with less than 80° flexion without weights | 3 × 10 repetitions |
5–12 | Mini squats with less than 80° flexion with weights | 3 × 10 repetitions |