Biomechanical Determinants of Different Rehabilitation Protocols for ACL Reconstruction

Delta University for Science and Technology

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Knee Injuries; Rehabilitation

Treatments: Other: rehabilitation protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05733936

004270

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of the criterion rehabilitation protocol versus accelerated rehabilitation protocol on the biomechanical determinants of the quality of performance and risk of reinjury.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Amateur male athletes who underwent ACLR surgery with an autologous hamstring (HS) graft.
• Ranging in age from 18 to 35 years.
• Underwent a pre-operative rehabilitation program with minimal knee effusion, full Extension, good patellofemoral mobility
• Ability to actively control the quadriceps.

Exclusion criteria

• ACLR with any graft other than a hamstring graft
• ACL revision surgery
• associated medial or lateral ligamentous injuries
• previous meniscectomy or meniscal repair
• simultaneous meniscectomy or meniscus repair with the ACLR
• cartilage damage.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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105 participants in 2 patient groups

criterion-based rehabilitation protocol

Experimental group

Description:

It's a three phases rehabilitation protocol with a goal-based progression which include a three criterion based postoperative phases: (1) impairment phase, (2) sport-specific training phase and (3) return to play phase. Patients can start with the next phase only if specific goals of the previous phase are achieved

Treatment:

Other: rehabilitation protocol

accelerated rehabilitation protocol

Active Comparator group

Description:

It's a four phases rehabilitation protocol mainly based on the remodeling process of the graft., emphasizing full passive knee extension, immediate weight bearing as tolerated and functional exercises

Treatment:

Other: rehabilitation protocol