The efficacy of virtual reality on gait and stair descending in patients with an Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction.

Completed

Conditions: ACL reconstruction
Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction
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Registration Number: NL-OMON36660

Lead Sponsor: Interfacultair centrum voor Bewegingswetenschappen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

patient group:
- First unilateral ACL reconstruction between the seven to ten weeks post-surgery
- Age: 18 - 45 years old
- Male
- Military
- Patients who have been operated in the Central Military Hospital and who are rehabilitating in the Military Rehabilitation Centre *Aardenburg* or Central Military Hospital. ;control group:
- Age: 18 - 45 years old
- Male
- Military
- No history of knee or ankle injuries in the last 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

For the patient group:
- contralateral ACL reconstruction
- Medial collateral ligament injury grade 3
- Major hydrops in the operated knee
- Neurological or orthopaedic dysfunctions which will have a negative influence on the test results.
- Weight >130 kg, because of the maximum load on the platform
- Experience with the Computer Assisted Environmet (CAREN) system ;Control group:
- Neurological or orthopaedic dysfunctions which will have a negative influence on the test results.
- Weight >130 kg, because of the maximum load on the platform
- Experience with the CAREN-system

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Biomechanical measurements: angles and moments of force of joints of the lower<br /><br>extremities and ground reaction forces. Main points of interests are:<br /><br>-the differences in biomechanical outcome measurements between the test with no<br /><br>interaction effect and the test with an interaction effect with virtual<br /><br>reality.<br /><br>-the difference in biomechanical outcome measurements between the patient and<br /><br>control group per test.<br /><br><br /><br>Angles and moments of force of joints of the lower extremities and ground<br /><br>reaction forces during heel strike, mid stance and pre-swing phases of the gait<br /><br>cycle will be calculated. The angles and moments of force of joints of the<br /><br>lower extremities and ground reaction forces during stair descending on the<br /><br>force plate will be calculated. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures