1.

Yes, all the participants were inpatients recovering from ACL reconstruction at five National Health
Service and private hospitals in the East London area. There were 37 patients who met the inclusion
criteria and were recruited for the study. The inclusion criteria which are the following: 1) Subjects
should have no history of any pathological conditions requiring medical attention in the
contralateral lower extremity, 2) no history of injury to the PCL in the operated knee, 3) since the
operation, no accident or problem with the affected lower extremity that required more than
standard post-operative medical attention
2. Yes, subjects were assigned to one of two treatment groups using block randomization and asked to
attend physical therapy sessions three times per week for the 4-week training period of the study.
3. Yes, allocation was concealed since the patients were not aware that they were assigned to a
specific group.
4. Yes, since all of the subjects that participated in the study were recruited two weeks after their
respective ACL reconstructions and both groups underwent the initial gait analysis.
5. Yes, the subjects were approached within the first two weeks after their surgery and were given a
written and verbal explanation of the study.

6. No, the physical therapists who participated in this study were all aware that the subjects were
assigned to a specific type of exercise according to their group.

7. No, since the all the subjects were assigned to a 4 week training of either close or open kinematic
exercises.

8. No, the researchers concluded that the use of gait analysis did not contribute towards the
identification any clinically relevant significant differences in functional variables between the closed
and open kinematic chain groups during the first 6 weeks after ACL reconstruction. These exercises
also do not appear to have different effects on knee pain or laxity during this critical period of
rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction

9. Yes, all of the subjects from both groups were assigned to have a 4 week training of either open or
closed kinematic exercises to determine the progress in level waling, stair ascent and descent.

10. No, since both closed and open kinematic chain exercises had no relevant significance towards the
functional variables of the patients.

11. Yes, during stair ascent, the angle of the knee at foot contact was significantly improved in the open
kinetic chain group compared with the closed kinetic chain group.

All the participants were inpatients recovering from ACL reconstruction at five National Health Service
and private hospitals in the East London area.