Can Neuromuscular Training Alter Movement Patterns
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Acute Injury of Anterior Cruciate Ligament
In brief
A prospective randomized controlled trial will be used to evaluate the efficacy of post-operative perturbation training. 80 patients who were regular participants in activities that involve cutting, pivoting, jumping, and lateral movements prior to injury who range in age from 13-55 at the time of injury are eligible. All eligible subjects must undergo primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Using a prospective randomized design, 40 subjects who will be block randomized by sex to 40 patients who will receive 10 sessions of post-operative perturbation training in addition to standard agility and return to activity progression and forty who receive only standard agility and return to activity progression. Post-operative perturbation training will be initiated when the athlete is at least 12 weeks post-anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, has full range of motion and achieves 80% quadriceps strength symmetry, the criteria we currently use for beginning return to activity progression.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01773317
- Run by
- Lynn Snyder-Mackler
- People needed
- 80
- Starts
- 2011-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-08-28
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-07-25
Who can join
Age: 13 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- regular participants in activities that involve cutting, pivoting, jumping, and lateral movements prior to injury
- ages 13-55 at the time of injury
- undergo primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction
You may not qualify if…
- concomitant Grade III ligament tears
- osteochondral defects >1cm2
- history of previous Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction or other major lower extremity injury/surgery
Where it is running
- University of Delaware, Physical Therapy Department — Newark, Delaware, United States
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