Changes in Inter-joint Coordination and Muscle Activation After Cruciate Ligament Injury of the Knee Joint

• Conditions: To Investigate the Change of Inter-joint Coordination and Muscle Activation in Patients With Cruciate Ligament Injury During Stair Negotiation.

• Registration Number: NCT01584973
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

Stair negotiation is an important activity of daily living. Patients with cruciate ligament injury may have difficulty in stair negotiation because of the proprioception deficit and neuromuscular deficit caused by ligament injury. However, the influence of knee cruciate ligament injury on the control of movement is still unclear. Since inter-joint coordination can provide the information of relationship between angle position and angle velocity, it may be useful to analysis the change of movement pattern.This current study aimed to investigate the change of inter-joint coordination and muscle activation in patients with cruciate ligament injury during stair negotiation.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2012-04
• Study Start: 2012-04
• Study First Submitted: 2012-04-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-04-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-04-24
• Study First Posted: 2012-04-25
• Last Update Posted: 2012-04-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• unilateral cruciate ligament injury or unilateral cruciate ligament reconstructed after 3 month
• able to climb up and down with step-over-step pattern
• BMI within 18 to 30

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Exclusion Criteria

• complex ligament injury
• lower limb fracture in recent years
• meniscus injury
• systematic disorder which would affect the balance and ambulation

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School & Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan