Exercise-therapy following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a pilot randomised clinical trial
- Conditions
- Anterior cruciate ligament reconstructionKnee osteoarthritisMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12618000493246
- Lead Sponsor
- Professor Kay Crossley
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Stopped early
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8
(i) aged 18-40 years at time of ACLR; (ii) arthroscopic ACLR with a hamstring-tendon or bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft 6-15 months prior; (iii) meniscal tear treated with meniscectomy, or chondral lesion identified at time of surgery; (iv) poor self-reported function (i.e., KOOS4 score <85)
(i) subsequent injury (for which medical treatment was sought) or follow-up surgery to the ACLR knee; (ii) actively seeing physiotherapist for ongoing ACLR rehabilitation (ie. appointment in past 6 weeks); (iii) intraarticular knee injection in the past 3 months; (iv) pregnancy; (v) another condition affecting physical function; (vi) inability to understand English language; (vii) unable to commit to 12-weeks exercise program
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knee-related burden, assessed with the KOOS4, which is the average score of 4 of the 5 Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales covering pain, symptoms, difficulty in sports and recreational activities and quality of life.[Baseline (prior to first intervention session) will be compared to 12 weeks (following last intervention session). ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method