The Effect of Contralateral Limb Training on Functional Outcomes in Patients With ACL Reconstruction

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Completed

• Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
• Interventions: Other: Traditional rehabilitation; Other: Cross-over training

• Registration Number: NCT03304561
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

Quadriceps and hamstring muscle strenghts have important role in returning to sport after ACL reconstruction and one of the main focus of rehabilitation is to improve strenght of these muscles. With the strenghtening of the contralateral limb (cross-over training) we aimed to improve the strenght of the quadriceps

Detailed Description

Returning to sport after ACL reconstruction is not at desired level among athletes. Quadriceps and hamstring muscle strenghts have important role in returning to sport after ACL reconstruction. Cross-over training is recomended during rehabilitation after ACL reconstrucion. Yet duration of the training, frequancy and type of exercise interention are not clear for the cross-over training. Ain of the study is to investigate the effects of cross-over training on muscle strenght

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-08-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-10-04
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-09
• Study Completion: 2017-10-30
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 2018-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

• having surgery of ACL reconstruction on one side
• having no problem at least six month on the nonsrgical side
• recieving the rehabilitation programme at hacettepe university, physiotherapy department

Exclusion Criteria

• refusing to include to the study
• having revision ACL surgery
• addition of PCL or cartilage surgery addition to the ACL surgery
• not participating to the rehabilidation program regularly over 3 month after sugery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
traditional rehabilitation	Traditional rehabilitation	patients in this groups is going to recieve traditional rehabilitation programme for 3 months after ACL recontsruction
Cross-over training	Cross-over training	patients in this programme is going to recieve isokinetic exercise programme targeting unilvolved limb during rehabilitation. for the first 4 weeks after ACL reconstruction traditional rehabiitation programme is going to applied to the subjects. after 4 weeks, isokinetic strenghtening programme at 60˚/second angular velocity, between 0-90 degree knee flexion until 3 months after ACL reconstructon

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quadriceps and hamstring muscle strenght	6 month	quadriceps strength change during the first, second and sixth months of the rehabilitation proccess after ACL reconstruction surgery. the strength measurements will conducted on isokinetic dynamometer (isomed 2000)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
functional outcomes	6 month	one leg hop test, vertical jump test on the sixth month after surgery. the functional outcomes will be measured only at the sixth month after surgery.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sports Physiotherapy Unit; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey