New Triple Hop Test Quality Assessment Tool

University of Haifa

Status: Completed

Conditions: ACL Injury

Treatments: Other: new triple hop test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04228848

HU 1122

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will develop a new jump assessment tool for the Triple Hop Test, and will test its reliability on adolescent and adult, healthy and post- anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) population.

Creating a new assessment test for a jump test that incorporates the known movement components that are important after an ACL injury can improve patient evaluation, decision for return to sport activity and injury prevention.

Full description

Study population- Adults, women and men aged 20-45, boys and girls aged 12-15. uninjured population: non symptomatic subjects, without major injury in their history. Injured population: ACL injured subjects, 9-12 month after beginning of treatment/surgery.

Stages of study:

stage 1- The investigators will create a new high-quality literature-based assessment test for the triple hop test (NTHT). The test will have 10 sections, its score ranges from 0 to 14 points and a high score means poor performance.

Stage 2- Performing reliability tests between and within the testers for NTHT. The tests will be done with the help of video photography of NTHT.

Stage 3- Performing NTHT and THT tests on healthy adult and adolescent subjects and on ACL adult and adolescent subjects, assessing the NTHT by watching video performance.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria uninjured population:

• non symptomatic subjects
• without major injury in their history.

Inclusion Criteria injured population:

• ACL injured subjects
• 9-12 month after beginning of treatment/surgery.

Exclusion Criteria uninjured population:

• acute pain
• knee instability symptoms
• history of lower leg injury
• unable to jump on one leg
• knee ligament injury.

Exclusion Criteria Injured population:

• late in rehabilitation program
• unable to jump or run
• instability symptoms.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 4 patient groups

Healthy adult

Active Comparator group

Description:

Each participants will be asked to perform triple hop test on a straight line and to stand stable at the end of the jump. Two jumps will be performed on each leg, with 1 minute rest between them. The jumps will be recorded via video. Legs muscle strength will be assessed using hand held dynamometer

Treatment:

Other: new triple hop test

ACL adult

Experimental group

Description:

Each participants will be asked to perform triple hop test on a straight line and to stand stable at the end of the jump. Two jumps will be performed on each leg, with 1 minute rest between them. The jumps will be recorded via video. Legs muscle strength will be assessed using hand held dynamometer

Treatment:

Other: new triple hop test

Healthy adolescent

Active Comparator group

Description:

Each participants will be asked to perform triple hop test on a straight line and to stand stable at the end of the jump. Two jumps will be performed on each leg, with 1 minute rest between them. The jumps will be recorded via video. Legs muscle strength will be assessed using hand held dynamometer

Treatment:

Other: new triple hop test

ACL adolescent

Experimental group

Description:

Each participants will be asked to perform triple hop test on a straight line and to stand stable at the end of the jump. Two jumps will be performed on each leg, with 1 minute rest between them. The jumps will be recorded via video.Legs muscle strength will be assessed using hand held dynamometer

Treatment:

Other: new triple hop test