Complete Tear, Knee, Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Conditions
Keywords
ACL-reconstruction, Gait rehabilitation, Anti Gravity treadmill, ACL-rehabilitation
Brief summary
A randomized control trial where subjects following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction will be randomized to either a control group who will receive the normal rehabilitation or an experimental group who will perform a 2-week gait rehabilitation using the anti-gravity treadmill in addition to the normal rehabilitation. The intervention will be added to the existing care received at Linkoping University Hospital 2 weeks post-surgery, while the evaluation will be performed in week 5 and 12 post-surgery using: a 3D-gait analysis (with the Qualisys software), self-reported function questionnaires and a clinical examination.
Interventions
OTHERGait rehabilitating with reduced bodyweight
Patients will perform 8 sessions of gait rehabilitation with reduced bodyweight using the anti gravity treadmill during week 2-5 post-surgery.
OTHERStandardized rehabilitation following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at Linkoping University Hospital
Exercises for increased movement and circulation performed on a daily basis.
Sponsors
Linkoeping University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Anterior cruciate ligament injury occurred a minimum of 3 weeks prior to surgery
Exclusion criteria
* Previous Anterior cruciate ligament injury * Other knee injury with restrictions that could interfere with rehabilitation * Other injury or disease that could interfere with rehabilitation * Inability to understand the information
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3 dimensional gait analysis | 5 weeks post-surgery | A 10 Oqus camera system by Qualisys, Sweden integrated with 3 Kistler forcplates is used. The primary outcome is peak knee flexion during stance phase for injured leg |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score | 5 weeks post-surgery | The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is a self-administered questionnaire which consists of 42 items which can be sub grouped into five categories. These categories are pain, other disease-specific symptoms, activities of daily living (ADL), sport and recreation function and lastly knee-related quality of life. |
| International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Evaluation Form (IKDC) | 12 weeks post-surgery | The IKDC subjective knee evaluation form is a self-administered questionnaire which contains 18 items divided into 3 subgroups. These subgroups are symptoms, sports and daily activities and the patients current and previous levels of knee function. |
| 3 dimensional gait analysis | 12 weeks post-surgery | A 10 Oqus camera system by Qualisys, Sweden integrated with 3 Kistler forcplates is used. The primary outcome is peak knee flexion during stance phase for injured leg |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed