Studying the effects of prophylactic knee braces in healthy active individuals

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Knee injuries prevention; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001591246
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Melbourne

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-09-25
• Study Completion: 2019-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 16 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

You can participate in the study if you are between the ages of 18-45 years old and have been free from lower limb injury or surgery in the past six months. In addition, you must participate in regular exercises and have experience with jumping and landing activities (e.g. basketball, netball, volleyball, etc.). For the load carriage trials, the subject needs to fall within the previously mentioned criteria and be an army soldier.

Exclusion Criteria

You are NOT eligible if you have a history of permanent lower extremity injuries (e.g. ligament tear, fractures) or diseases (e.g. osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ACL strain will be calculated computationally using musculoskeletal modelling software (OpenSim). This data is based on kinematics of the subject.[The ACL strain is analysed from data collected/recorded. The strain is calculated for each motion and averaged using a computational modelling software called OpenSim. This is done after the experiment is completed. Only one set of data is collected and the subjects are not back for re-analysis.]