Therapeutic Benefits of a Motor Imaging Protocol Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery

The purpose of this study is to compare changes in lower limb symmetry during functional and strength tests, before and after the motor imagery program, in patients who received the 3-week motor imagery program starting 3 months post-surgery versus patients who did not receive the motor imagery program.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 to 45; * Individuals who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction for the first time on the operated leg; * Patients able to understand and read French; * Affiliation with a social insurance plan; * Signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Recurrence or rupture of the contralateral anterior cruciate ligament; * History of another orthopedic surgery on the ipsilateral and/or contralateral lower limb; * History of an injury to the ipsilateral and/or contralateral lower limb within the last 3 months; * Osteotomy; * Cognitive disorders observed by the investigator for inclusion ; * Vestibular disorders known to the patient or observed by the investigator for inclusion; * Post-surgical complications (infection, early graft rupture); * Patient participating in another interventional clinical trial, or in a period of exclusion from another interventional study; * Patient under guardianship or conservatorship; * Pregnant or breastfeeding women.