Home Vs. Physiotherapy Supervised Rehabilitation After ACL Reconstruction

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: ACL Reconstruction
• Interventions: Procedure: Home-based rehabilitation program; Procedure: Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program

• Registration Number: NCT00564837
• Lead Sponsor: University of Calgary

Brief Summary

This study was designed to determine whether or not there were any differences in knee range of motion, both statically and during gait, sagittal plane knee laxity, and quadriceps and hamstrings strength in patients three months post-ACL reconstruction with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft based on their performance of a primarily home based rehabilitation program or a standard physiotherapy-supervised program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1999-09
• Primary Completion: 2001-02
• Study Completion: 2001-02
• Study First Submitted: 2007-11-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-11-26
• Study First Posted: 2007-11-28
• Status Verified: 2010-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2010-01-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 145

Inclusion Criteria

1. 16 years of age or older
2. Surgery at least 6 weeks after injury to allow for a return of full range of motion, minimize swelling, and offset strength deficits due to pain/swelling14,28
3. ACL reconstruction with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous or concomitant reconstruction of any knee ligament to either knee
2. Ongoing knee abnormality unrelated to the ACL injury (eg, evidence of changes on radiographs consistent with osteoarthritis)
3. Professional athletes or workers' compensation patients
4. Complications during surgery (eg, inadequate graft fixation requiring protocol modification)
5. Patients without access to local physical therapy services

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Home-based	Home-based rehabilitation program	Home-based post-operative rehabilitation program with 4 scheduled physiotherapy sessions over the first 3 post-op months
Physiotherapy supervised	Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program	Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program including 17 scheduled physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Active assisted knee flexion and passive knee extension range of motion	pre-op, 6 & 12 weeks post-op

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knee flexion and extension range of motion during gait	pre-op, 6 & 12 wks post-op
Sagittal plane laxity of the knee	pre-op, 6 & 12 wks post-op
Isokinetic quadriceps and hamstrings strength	pre-op and 12wks post-op

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre; 🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada