Association Between 4-Month Isokinetic Testing Measures and Second Knee Injuries After Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (PREDICT-ACLv2)

Caen University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knee Injuries; Muscle Weakness; ACL Injury

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Return-to-sport (RTS) follow-up

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05897970

PREDICT-ACLv2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a frequent and disabling injury in athletes. Most of the time, ACL reconstruction (ACLR) is consider for regaining function and returning to preinjury sports while reducing the risk of secondary injuries. However, the risk of secondary severe knee injury is increased after ACLR, especially in athletes returning to strenuous activities. If strength symmetry is considered as an important factor in the Return-to-sport (RTS) decision, there is conflicting data about the association between strength symmetry and the risk of second knee injury after ACLR. The main objective of this study was to test if knee muscles strength symmetry at 4 months was associated with the psychological readiness and incidence of subsequent severe injury of both knees at a minimum 2 years follow-up after ACL-R.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who have had an ACL reconstruction surgery (isolated or associated with other meniscal or ligamentary surgery) Patient included in the sport medicine follow-up protocole with intermediate and final isokinetic muscular assessment at 3-4 months Patient who received the information form Patients with access to the Internet

Exclusion criteria

Patient who did not participate in all follow-up consultations and isokinetic muscular assessments Patients who had a previous knee surgery before the ACLR Cognitive or sensory impairment making it impossible to understand the information form Neurological, traumatic or osteoarticular history responsible for muscle imbalance prior to surgery

Trial design

150 participants in 1 patient group

ACLR patients with Return-to-sport (RTS) follow-up

Description:

All sports patients who had a muscle evaluation at 3-4 months after ACLR since January 2017

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Return-to-sport (RTS) follow-up