Rate of Non-copers to Non-surgical ACL Treatment After 3 Months of Rehabilitation

Vejle Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries

Treatments: Other: Standard rehabilitation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04847258

ACL screening

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim is to determine the sensitivity and specificity of a screening tool to identify patients who undergo ACL reconstruction (non-copers) after 3 months of standard rehabilitation following an anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.

Full description

All included patients are referred to municipal rehabilitation to resolve effusion and range of motion deficits before the first screening (baseline screening) is completed. Hereafter the patients follow 3 months municipal rehabilitation before the second screening (3 months screening). A physiotherapist performs the screening and at the second screening, this is performed prior to consulting an orthopaedic surgeon.

Enrollment: 357 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• unilateral primary ACL injury
• Index injury no older than 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• Multiligament rupture
• Large cartillage or meniscus injuries
• Scheduled ACL reconstruction within 3 months