Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim is to determine the sensitivity and specificity of a screening tool to identify patients who undergo ACL reconstruction (non-copers) after 3 months of standard rehabilitation following an anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.
Detailed description
All included patients are referred to municipal rehabilitation to resolve effusion and range of motion deficits before the first screening (baseline screening) is completed. Hereafter the patients follow 3 months municipal rehabilitation before the second screening (3 months screening). A physiotherapist performs the screening and at the second screening, this is performed prior to consulting an orthopaedic surgeon.
Interventions
OTHERStandard rehabilitation
Patients follow standard municipal rehabilitation
Sponsors
Vejle Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 49 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* unilateral primary ACL injury * Index injury no older than 6 months
Exclusion criteria
* Multiligament rupture * Large cartillage or meniscus injuries * Scheduled ACL reconstruction within 3 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of patients undergoing ACL reconstruction after 3 months of standard rehabilitation | 3 months | Patients undergoing ACL reconstruction after 3 months of standard rehabilitation are defined as non-copers to the non-surgical treatment, which will define the sensitivity and specificity of the screening examination. |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
STUDY_DIRECTORClaus Varnum, ph.d.
Vejle Hosptal
Outcome results
None listed