Table 1 Overview of PICOS criteria for key word definitions
Parameter | Criteria |
|---|---|
Participants (P) | Adult people (age of 18–65 years) who sustained an ACL injury, either treated conservatively or surgically (repaired with an autograft) |
Intervention (I) | Assessment of neuromuscular control, active knee stability, sensorimotor control, active stability of the lower limb or similar during dynamic activities |
Control (C) | Uninjured limb/contralateral side or contralateral lower limb of the ACL-injured participant, or a healthy control group |
Outcomes (O) | Any EMG-related outcome describing neuromuscular activity/control in domains of time, amplitude etc.; parameters describing EMG activity of lower limb muscles; related to EMG variables, such as amplitude, timing, mean or peak activity, duration of activity, onset and offset/on–off-pattern respectively, pre-activity, latency, reflex response [14, 20] |
Study design (S) | Any laboratory or interventional study, cross-sectional or longitudinal such as randomized controlled trials, clinically controlled trials without randomization, laboratory/experimental controlled trials etc |