Gait Retraining Enhances Athletes' Technique

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury, Knee Osteoarthritis

In brief

The participant population for this study will be a convenience sample of 40 active duty soldiers and cadets at West Point, New York (NY) who are recovering from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and are cleared to return to run by their medical provider. Two groups will be utilized in this pre-test, post-test, single-blind randomized controlled trial study design. The purpose of this study is to determine if patients recovering from ACLR benefit from running gait retraining to adopt a forefoot strike pattern and 5-10% increase in step rate when compared to a traditional walk to run program.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03918681

Run by

Keller Army Community Hospital

People needed

10

Starts

2019-08-01

Expected to finish

2020-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able and willing to give informed consent
• Between 18-50 years of age
• Active duty Soldier or cadet
• History of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the last 18 months
• Cleared to return to run by their Department of Defense medical provider (primary care physician, orthopedic surgeon, physical therapist, or athletic trainer)
• Ability to perform 20 unassisted single leg heel raises bilaterally
• Ability to perform 10 pain-free, symmetrical, single-leg squats to between 45-60 degrees bilaterally
• Ability to perform 20 pain-free single leg hops in place bilaterally

You may not qualify if…

• Currently on an Army running limiting profile
• Concomitant Posterior Cruciate Ligament or Lateral Cruciate Ligament injury
• Concomitant meniscectomy >50%
• History of inflammatory arthritis or gout
• History of ACL injury to either knee
• History of major lower-extremity joint injury and/or surgery
• Known pregnancy currently or in the previous 6 months

Where it is running

• Keller Army Community Hospital — West Point, New York, United States

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