Maximum Oxygen Uptake in ACL-injured Professional Soccer Players

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Treatments: Procedure: ACL reconstruction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02674282

IOT983

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our purpose is to evaluate maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) in ACL-injured professional soccer players and after a six-month period of post-operative rehabilitation, compared to a control group of healthy professional soccer players.

Full description

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is considered a major injury and may affect the career of professional soccer players. Surgical ACL reconstruction is often required to treat the resulting knee instability. Although ACL reconstruction is considered a successful procedure in restoring knee stability, literature shows that only 55% of the participants return to competitive sports participation after surgery. Soccer players need technical, tactical and physical skills to succeed, such as good knee function and aerobic capacity. Our purpose is to evaluate maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) in ACL-injured professional soccer players and after a six-month period of post-operative rehabilitation, compared to a control group of healthy professional soccer players.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ACL injury
• professional soccer player
• adult
• male

Exclusion criteria

• Multiple ligament injury
• knee effusion
• unable to perform the examination on the treadmill
• ACL reconstruction failure
• reoperation due to any cause during the follow-up period
• goalkeeper

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

ACL-injured

Experimental group

Description:

ACL injured professional soccer players submitted to ACL reconstruction.

Treatment:

Procedure: ACL reconstruction

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Healthy professional soccer players