Khalifa Acute Effects

Medical University of Graz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Totally Ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the Knee

Treatments: Other: Khalifa Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01762371

KhalSbg1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary hypothesis is that Khalifa's therapy has different acute effects in various organ systems i.e. proprioceptive, neuro-muscular, endogenous dopamine system, etc. These effects might indicate the pathway of the therapy.

Full description

According to our previous study that evaluated the efficacy of Khalifa's therapy the investigators have seen that the therapy has acute effects which resulted in better knee function and later even in better healing of the ACL injury. This study should clear exactly which effects and pathways are involved in the therapy from multiple (interdisciplinary) point of views. Therefore the investigators will measure parameters that might be associated with this special technique directly before and after the therapy.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• totally ruptured ACL - MRI verified, 2 weeks old as a maximum
• knee function: Any functional inhibition (stretching, bending or load)
• BMI: 18-25
• athletically active

Exclusion criteria

• any surgical procedures at the injured knee at any previous time
• any acute surgical indication
• diabetes mellitus and/or high blood pressure
• any permanent drug treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

K-Pat

Experimental group

Description:

Getting one time one hour of Khalifa's therapy for ACL injury treatment.

Treatment:

Other: Khalifa Therapy