Utilization of Rehabilitation Prior to Surgery Among Patients With Anterior-cruciate Ligament Knee Injury (prehab-ACL)

Nantes University Hospital (NUH)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Anterior-cruciate Ligament Knee Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Post-surgery rehabilitation; Behavioral: Rehabilitation before knee surgery (prehab)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05737719

RC22_0485

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research aims to assess physiotherapy utilization in the treatment of patients with an anterior-cruciate ligament knee injury, when delivered before their surgery (prehab), and its potential effects on absence from work, and patients global health consumptions (before and after the surgery).

Full description

Based on the codes generated from French National health database, patients with prehab (+post-surgery rehabilitation) will be compared to patients receiving only post-surgery rehabilitation

Enrollment: 864,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First episod of ACL-surgery

Exclusion criteria

• No history or previous ACL-surgery
• No rehabilitation after surgery

Trial design

864,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Prehab

Description:

Patients awaiting a knee surgical procedure, and after the surgery

Treatment:

Behavioral: Rehabilitation before knee surgery (prehab)

Behavioral: Post-surgery rehabilitation

Control

Description:

Patients after the surgery

Treatment:

Behavioral: Post-surgery rehabilitation