Optimized Rehabilitation After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Before Returning to Sport

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Ligament Knee Injury, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture

In brief

Following reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a standardized rehabilitation protocol is carried out by a physiotherapist. In France, a well-established rehabilitation consensus guides the first phase of 3 months postoperatively and patient compliance is generally excellent. The next phase should allow a return to sport (RTS) following a continuum depending on the objectives of the sport's patient, starting with a return to running activities (RTR) and a preparatory phase for a RTS which may be authorized at 6 months post-op. This multicentre randomized control trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an individualized and optimized rehabilitation program guided by monthly assessments carried out by physiotherapists from the 3rd to the 6th month postoperatively to reduce the risk of new ACL injuries (operated or healthy knee), compared to standard management.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05323474

Run by

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

People needed

432

Starts

2022-11-14

Expected to finish

2029-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Affiliation to the French Social Security system
• Patient who has had an ACL reconstruction regardless of the standard surgical technique used
• Patient with a sports activity, pivot and/or contact (e.g. soccer, basketball, handball, rugby, judo...) and practiced in competition (Tegner sports activity scores >7 and Marx scores >11 before the accident.
• Patient wishing to return to competitive sport
• Consent signed by the patient

You may not qualify if…

• Contralateral or bilateral involvement or operated on for a re-injury of the ACL
• Patients with a medical contraindication to the performance of one of the tests
• Patients suffering from a neurological (motor and/or sensitive), vestibular or rheumatic pathology
• Patient performing rehabilitation with a physiotherapist who does not wish to participate in the study.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
• Patient under guardianship or curators

Where it is running

• Clinique de La Sauvegarde — Lyon, France (enrolling)
• CHU de Saint-Etienne — Saint-Etienne, France (enrolling)
• Medipole de Savoie — Challes-les-Eaux, France (enrolling)
• Hopital de La Croix Rousse — Lyon, France
• Hôpital Lyon Sud — Lyon, France
• Hôpital de la Tour — Geneva, Switzerland
• Clinique de Domont Ortholab — Domont, France
• Centre Hospitalier de Firminy — Firminy, France

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