Abstract:Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of isokinetic muscle strength training combined with the Pro-kin balance system in postoperative rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.Methods Sixty-eight patients who underwent ACL reconstruction surgery at The Ninth People's Hospital of Wuxi from August 2020 to December 2022 were selected as the research subjects. According to a randomized double-blind method, they were divided into an observation group and a control group, with 34 cases in each group. The control group received isokinetic muscle strength training on the basis of routine rehabilitation training, while the observation group received intervention combining the Pro-kin balance system with the training in the control group. The flexion and extension joint range of motion, lower limb muscle strength [peak torque of extensor muscles (EPT), peak torque of flexor muscles (FPT), and hamstring/quadriceps (H/Q) peak torque ratio], knee joint function [Holden Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC), International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) score, Lysholm score, Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK)], and lower limb balance function [center of pressure (COP) time stability, closed-eye COP speed (COPS), single-leg COPS, stable limit area (COPA), and knee joint reaction time] were compared between the two groups before and after intervention.Results The differences in flexion and extension joint range of motion, EPT, FPT, H/Q, FAC score, IKDC score, Lysholm score, TSK score, COP time stability, closed-eye COPS, single-leg COPS, COPA, and knee joint reaction time before and after intervention were statistically significant in both groups (P < 0.05). The differences in these indicators between the observation group and the control group were higher in the observation group.Conclusion Isokinetic muscle strength training combined with the Pro-kin balance system for rehabilitation training after ACL reconstruction surgery can effectively improve knee joint function and lower limb balance ability, and restore lower limb muscle strength.