Home Vs. Physiotherapy Supervised Rehabilitation After ACL Reconstruction

Comparison of Home Vs. Physiotherapy-Supervised Rehabilitation Programs Following Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00564837

Enrollment

145

Registered

2007-11-28

Start date

1999-09-30

Completion date

2001-02-28

Last updated

2010-01-12

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Conditions

ACL Reconstruction

Keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Home-based

Brief summary

This study was designed to determine whether or not there were any differences in knee range of motion, both statically and during gait, sagittal plane knee laxity, and quadriceps and hamstrings strength in patients three months post-ACL reconstruction with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft based on their performance of a primarily home based rehabilitation program or a standard physiotherapy-supervised program.

Interventions

PROCEDUREHome-based rehabilitation program

Home-based rehabilitation program that includes 4 physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months

PROCEDUREPhysiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program

Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program that includes 17 scheduled physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. 16 years of age or older 2. Surgery at least 6 weeks after injury to allow for a return of full range of motion, minimize swelling, and offset strength deficits due to pain/swelling14,28 3. ACL reconstruction with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft

Exclusion criteria

1. Previous or concomitant reconstruction of any knee ligament to either knee 2. Ongoing knee abnormality unrelated to the ACL injury (eg, evidence of changes on radiographs consistent with osteoarthritis) 3. Professional athletes or workers' compensation patients 4. Complications during surgery (eg, inadequate graft fixation requiring protocol modification) 5. Patients without access to local physical therapy services

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Active assisted knee flexion and passive knee extension range of motion	pre-op, 6 & 12 weeks post-op

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Knee flexion and extension range of motion during gait	pre-op, 6 & 12 wks post-op
Sagittal plane laxity of the knee	pre-op, 6 & 12 wks post-op
Isokinetic quadriceps and hamstrings strength	pre-op and 12wks post-op

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026