A musculação como forma de reabilitação de atletas em pós-cirúrgico de ruptura de LCA

Abstract

This work aims to analyze bodybuilding as a form of rehabilitation in athletes, in post -surgery for ACL rupture. The same is justified by the importance of studies on this theme, as the search for this modality for the purpose of rehabilitation has grown a lot in recent years. Along with the increase in demand, medical indication also had a great increase, as weight training is very efficient not only in gaining strength or muscle mass, but also in improving power, flexibility, proprioception, and quality of life, in addition to reduce the risk of lesion A bibliographical review research was carried out, with an exploratory character, being analytical and qualitative in nature. The selected studies were delimited by period, up to a maximum of 20 years, and by keywords that fit the theme. It was observed in studies that weight training provides an improvement in the gain of muscle mass, strength, endurance and proprioception of patients recovering from ACL surgery, in addition to improving the range of motion of the recovering limb and a decrease in the condition of pain, which improves the individual's quality of life and allows him/her to return to activities performed before the lesion.