ACL Injury
Conditions
Brief summary
This study will develop a new jump assessment tool for the Triple Hop Test, and will test its reliability on adolescent and adult, healthy and post- anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) population. Creating a new assessment test for a jump test that incorporates the known movement components that are important after an ACL injury can improve patient evaluation, decision for return to sport activity and injury prevention.
Detailed description
Study population- Adults, women and men aged 20-45, boys and girls aged 12-15. uninjured population: non symptomatic subjects, without major injury in their history. Injured population: ACL injured subjects, 9-12 month after beginning of treatment/surgery. Stages of study: stage 1- The investigators will create a new high-quality literature-based assessment test for the triple hop test (NTHT). The test will have 10 sections, its score ranges from 0 to 14 points and a high score means poor performance. Stage 2- Performing reliability tests between and within the testers for NTHT. The tests will be done with the help of video photography of NTHT. Stage 3- Performing NTHT and THT tests on healthy adult and adolescent subjects and on ACL adult and adolescent subjects, assessing the NTHT by watching video performance.
Interventions
OTHERnew triple hop test
New jumping assessment will be performed in all included study groups. This new assessment includes quality evaluation.
Sponsors
University of Haifa
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
4 subgroups performing jump test
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
uninjured population: * non symptomatic subjects * without major injury in their history. Inclusion Criteria injured population: * ACL injured subjects * 9-12 month after beginning of treatment/surgery.
Exclusion criteria
uninjured population: * acute pain * knee instability symptoms * history of lower leg injury * unable to jump on one leg * knee ligament injury.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| triple hop test | baseline | measurement of jumping distance(in cm) and symmetry between legs |
| muscle strength | baseline | muscle strength in Newton, assessed by an hand held dynamometer. |
| New triple hop test score | baseline | the score ranges between 0-14. lower score represent better jumping quality. |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed