Home Vs. Physiotherapy Supervised Rehabilitation After ACL Reconstruction
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00564837 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: November 28, 2007
Last Update Posted
: January 12, 2010
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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ACL Reconstruction | Procedure: Home-based rehabilitation program Procedure: Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 145 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Comparison of Home Vs. Physiotherapy-Supervised Rehabilitation Programs Following Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) |
Study Start Date : | September 1999 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2001 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2001 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Home-based
Home-based post-operative rehabilitation program with 4 scheduled physiotherapy sessions over the first 3 post-op months
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Procedure: Home-based rehabilitation program
Home-based rehabilitation program that includes 4 physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months
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Active Comparator: Physiotherapy supervised
Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program including 17 scheduled physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months
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Procedure: Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program
Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program that includes 17 scheduled physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months
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- Active assisted knee flexion and passive knee extension range of motion [ Time Frame: pre-op, 6 & 12 weeks post-op ]
- Knee flexion and extension range of motion during gait [ Time Frame: pre-op, 6 & 12 wks post-op ]
- Sagittal plane laxity of the knee [ Time Frame: pre-op, 6 & 12 wks post-op ]
- Isokinetic quadriceps and hamstrings strength [ Time Frame: pre-op and 12wks post-op ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 16 years of age or older
- Surgery at least 6 weeks after injury to allow for a return of full range of motion, minimize swelling, and offset strength deficits due to pain/swelling14,28
- ACL reconstruction with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous or concomitant reconstruction of any knee ligament to either knee
- Ongoing knee abnormality unrelated to the ACL injury (eg, evidence of changes on radiographs consistent with osteoarthritis)
- Professional athletes or workers' compensation patients
- Complications during surgery (eg, inadequate graft fixation requiring protocol modification)
- Patients without access to local physical therapy services

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00564837
Canada, Alberta | |
University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre | |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4 |
Principal Investigator: | Nicholas G. Mohtadi, MD, MSc | University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Nicholas Mohtadi, University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00564837 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
10339 |
First Posted: | November 28, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 12, 2010 |
Last Verified: | January 2010 |
Keywords provided by University of Calgary:
Anterior cruciate ligament Reconstruction Rehabilitation Home-based |