The Effect of Contralateral Limb Training on Functional Outcomes in Patients With ACL Reconstruction

January 31, 2018 updated by: GULCAN HARPUT, Hacettepe University

Contralateral Strength Training Effects on Functional Outcomes in Patients Who Had Undergone ACL Reconstruction: Randomized Controlled Trial

Quadriceps and hamstring muscle strenghts have important role in returning to sport after ACL reconstruction and one of the main focus of rehabilitation is to improve strenght of these muscles. With the strenghtening of the contralateral limb (cross-over training) we aimed to improve the strenght of the quadriceps

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Returning to sport after ACL reconstruction is not at desired level among athletes. Quadriceps and hamstring muscle strenghts have important role in returning to sport after ACL reconstruction. Cross-over training is recomended during rehabilitation after ACL reconstrucion. Yet duration of the training, frequancy and type of exercise interention are not clear for the cross-over training. Ain of the study is to investigate the effects of cross-over training on muscle strenght

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

36

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Ankara, Turkey, 06100
        • Sports Physiotherapy Unit

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 43 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • having surgery of ACL reconstruction on one side
  • having no problem at least six month on the nonsrgical side
  • recieving the rehabilitation programme at hacettepe university, physiotherapy department

Exclusion Criteria:

  • refusing to include to the study
  • having revision ACL surgery
  • addition of PCL or cartilage surgery addition to the ACL surgery
  • not participating to the rehabilidation program regularly over 3 month after sugery

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: traditional rehabilitation
patients in this groups is going to recieve traditional rehabilitation programme for 3 months after ACL recontsruction
Other: Traditional rehabilitation
traditional ACL rehabilitation program
Other Names:
  • Standard post-operative ACL rehabilidation program
Experimental: Cross-over training
patients in this programme is going to recieve isokinetic exercise programme targeting unilvolved limb during rehabilitation. for the first 4 weeks after ACL reconstruction traditional rehabiitation programme is going to applied to the subjects. after 4 weeks, isokinetic strenghtening programme at 60˚/second angular velocity, between 0-90 degree knee flexion until 3 months after ACL reconstructon
Other: Cross-over training
Cross-over training addition to the traditional rehabilidation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
quadriceps and hamstring muscle strenght
Time Frame: 6 month
quadriceps strength change during the first, second and sixth months of the rehabilitation proccess after ACL reconstruction surgery. the strength measurements will conducted on isokinetic dynamometer (isomed 2000)
6 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
functional outcomes
Time Frame: 6 month
one leg hop test, vertical jump test on the sixth month after surgery. the functional outcomes will be measured only at the sixth month after surgery.
6 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hacettepe University

Investigators

  • Study Director: volga tunay, PhD, volgamel@yahoo.com

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

October 30, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 4, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 4, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

October 9, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 5, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 31, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 123456 (UMMashhad)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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