Utilization of Rehabilitation Prior to Surgery Among Patients With Anterior-cruciate Ligament Knee Injury

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Anterior-cruciate Ligament Knee Injury
• Interventions: Behavioral: Post-surgery rehabilitation; Behavioral: Rehabilitation before knee surgery (prehab)

• Registration Number: NCT05737719
• Lead Sponsor: Nantes University Hospital

Brief Summary

This research aims to assess physiotherapy utilization in the treatment of patients with an anterior-cruciate ligament knee injury, when delivered before their surgery (prehab), and its potential effects on absence from work, and patients global health consumptions (before and after the surgery).

Detailed Description

Based on the codes generated from French National health database, patients with prehab (+post-surgery rehabilitation) will be compared to patients receiving only post-surgery rehabilitation

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-21
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-22
• Study Start: 2024-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-06-01
• Study Completion: 2024-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 864000

Inclusion Criteria

• First episod of ACL-surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• No history or previous ACL-surgery
• No rehabilitation after surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Post-surgery rehabilitation	Patients after the surgery
Prehab	Rehabilitation before knee surgery (prehab)	Patients awaiting a knee surgical procedure, and after the surgery
Prehab	Post-surgery rehabilitation	Patients awaiting a knee surgical procedure, and after the surgery

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Consumption of physiotherapy services	from surgery up to 18 months later	Total number of sessions, frequency (/week)
Absence from work	from surgery up to 18 months later	Number of days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health consumption 1	from surgery up to 18 months later	Appointments to MD, nurses (total number)
Health consumption 2	from surgery up to 18 months later	Drugs and medical imaging (total number)
Health consumption 3	from surgery up to 18 months later	Hospital stay (number, length)
Health consumption 4	from surgery up to 18 months later	Re-injury (surgery, number)