Spa Rehabilitation After Cruciate Ligament Injury in Sportsmen (Thermasport)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Balance Control; Cruciate Ligament Injury

Treatments: Other: Spa protocol; Other: Usual protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02225613

2014-A00390-47

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knee cruciate ligament injury is a common injury (15 000 per year in France) which concerns young sportsmen. Consequences are limitation in physical and sporting activities and at work.

Main objective: to compare water and traditional rehabilitation after cruciate ligament injury reconstruction in terms of kinematics of recovery and of proprioceptive abilities development.

Full description

Secondary objectives: to compare algo-functional and sport, social and job come back date between both groups.

Multicentric randomised trial comparing two therapy protocols in knee cruciate ligament injury.

After surgery, 2 weeks rehabilitation; 3 weeks conventional rehabilitation (group 1) or rehabilitation in water (group 2).

Data will be collected at inclusion (before surgery), 2 weeks, 1 month, 2 months and 6 months after surgery.

Enrollment: 128 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults,
• 18-49 years,
• indication of knee anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Exclusion criteria

• other recent lower limb sprain,
• history of neurological disease (stroke, central or peripheral degenerative disease),
• psychtrope or antihypertensive drugs,
• aquatic activities contra-indication (cutaneous).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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128 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual protocol

Active Comparator group

Description:

2 weeks conventional rehabilitation 3 weeks conventional rehabilitation

Treatment:

Other: Usual protocol

Spa protocol

Active Comparator group

Description:

2 weeks conventional rehabilitation 3 weeks aquatic rehabilitation

Treatment:

Other: Spa protocol