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Effectiveness of Dry Needling and STM on Pain Management for ACLR

Not Applicable
Conditions
Pain and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Registration Number
NCT03506685
Lead Sponsor
Keller Army Community Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if dry needling (DN) and soft tissue mobilization (STM) is superior to standard treatment protocol for affecting pain, pain medication usage and measurements of range of motion (ROM) after ACL reconstruction surgery compared to a standard treatment protocol. Measurements of pain, pain medication usage, lower extremity functional scale (LEFS) and ROM will be taken day 2 post op and 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, and 4 weeks post op. It is hypothesized that the inclusion of DN and STM will acutely decrease the demand for pain medication and improve objective measurements when compared to a standard treatment protocol. Findings will potentially lead to insights as to the benefit of applying these interventions to help decrease the demand for pain medication post-surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18-40 Department of Defense( DOD) beneficiaries (17 if Cadet)
  • Scheduled for ACL Reconstruction Surgery
Exclusion Criteria
  • Self-Reported Pregnancy
  • History of blood borne pathogens/infectious disease/active infection/metal allergy
  • Bleeding disorders or currently taking anti-coagulant medications
  • Participants who are not fluent in English

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Numerical pain rating scalechange from baseline, 2 days post-op, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week

validated outcome measure for pain ranging from 0-10

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Lower extremity functional scalechange from baseline, 2 days post-op, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week

validated measure to assess disability and function for the lower extremity on a scale of 0-80

Global rate of changechange from baseline, 2 days post-op, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week

validated measure of self reported overall change in injury or condition ranging from -7 to 7

knee range of motionchange from baseline, 2 days post-op, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week

measured with goniometer

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Keller Army Community Hospital

🇺🇸

West Point, New York, United States

Keller Army Community Hospital
🇺🇸West Point, New York, United States
david hulsizer, DPT
Contact
845-938-5109
david.k.hulsizer.mil@mail.mil

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