Effects of Corporal Visualisation Program of the Static and Dynamic Balance After an Operation of the LCA

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture
• Interventions: Other: Motor Imagery Program; Other: Placebo program

• Registration Number: NCT05081661
• Lead Sponsor: HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Brief Summary

The aim of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of a RCT whose topic would be the effect of a motor imagery program on the postural control in persons who have undergone ACL plasty.

Detailed Description

Primary and secondary outcomes will be measured twice at the hospital, a first time six weeks after the beginning of the intervention and a second time eight weeks after the four weeks of the intervention.

Twelves home-based motor imagery sessions will occur in four weeks, three times a week, to activate. The training sessions will last between 15 and 20 minutes. During each training session, the participant will note on his/her own "Tracking sheet" how long they listened to the audio and their comments. The "Tracking sheet" will document whether or not the patient has participated in each of the twelve sessions.

In parallel, a control group will follow a placebo programme according to the same formalities.

Twenty-three participants (min.) will take part in this study.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-15
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-18
• Study Start: 2022-03-08
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-30
• Study Completion: 2022-12-30
• Status Verified: 2023-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-11-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-11-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

• men and women of legal age
• to be capable of discernment
• to have a telephone number or email address to communicate with the investigators, to have a device with internet access to access the mental imagery programs.
• to have had an ACL surgery performed by the Doctor Siegrist within the last three days using the Hamstrings Tendon Graft or the Kenneth Jones method.

Exclusion Criteria

• not having a good spoken knowledge of the French language
• recurrence of ACL injury in the same knee
• meniscal sutures
• associated fractures
• pre-existing balance problems (tested at recruitment)
• pre-existing neurological problems diagnosed by a doctor.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Motor Imagery Group A	Motor Imagery Program	This group will follow a program of motor imagery.
Motor Imagery Group B	Placebo program	This group will follow a placebo program inspired from Bodyscan

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Enrolment rate	38 Weeks	Fulfilled if the participation rate is \> 75% (Percentage of participants who completed the study and the full programme, i.e. a minimum of eleven sessions out of twelve)
Recruitment rate	26 Weeks	Fulfilled if the recruitment rate is above 50% of eligible patients per month.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dynamic postural control	12 Weeks	Modified Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), average length in percent
Changes in the functional capacities of the operated knee	12 Weeks	Lysholm Questionnaire, Score range from 0 (worse disability) to 100 (less disability)
Static postural control	12 Weeks	Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), scoring ranges from 0 (best) to 60 (worse
Use of Electrotherapy	6 Weeks	Use of Electrotherapy during the rehabilitation
Mental representation ability	6 Weeks	Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire (KVIQ-10), scoring ranges from 0 (worse) to 50 (best)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marielle.Pirlet; 🇨🇭 Sion, Switzerland