Evaluating the effect of beetroot extract supplementation coinciding with resistance training in rehabilitation of athletes with anterior cruciate ligament rupture
- Conditions
- Anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation.Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified siteM62.50
- Registration Number
- IRCT20210217050393N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 46
Male semi-professional athletes who play in provincial teams in the fields of football, futsal, volleyball and basketball
Undergoing ACL reconstructing surgery using allograft technique
90 days have passed since the ACL reconstruction surgery
Adhere to the same protocol, which includes 40 sessions of physiotherapy with 60 sessions of exercise therapy, from the day of surgery to the end of 90 days for all subjects
Willingness to participate in research
Age between 18 and 35 years old
Disease including: diabetes, kidney stones, gallstones, cancer and other serious diseases
Taking any medication or performing extra exercise compared to the research protocol
Using oral and injectable nutritional supplements before and after the research period
Consumption of any herbal medicine
Allergy to beetroot
Smoking
Alcohol consumption
History of performing any surgery on the operated limb
Bilateral knee injuries
Damage to other tissues and ligaments of the knee, including intra-articular fractures
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method