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CompletedNCT00564837

Home Vs. Physiotherapy Supervised Rehabilitation After ACL Reconstruction

Comparison of Home Vs. Physiotherapy-Supervised Rehabilitation Programs Following Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
145 (actual)
Sponsor
University of Calgary · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
16 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

This study was designed to determine whether or not there were any differences in knee range of motion, both statically and during gait, sagittal plane knee laxity, and quadriceps and hamstrings strength in patients three months post-ACL reconstruction with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft based on their performance of a primarily home based rehabilitation program or a standard physiotherapy-supervised program.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREHome-based rehabilitation programHome-based rehabilitation program that includes 4 physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months
PROCEDUREPhysiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation programPhysiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program that includes 17 scheduled physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months

Timeline

Start date
1999-09-01
Primary completion
2001-02-01
Completion
2001-02-01
First posted
2007-11-28
Last updated
2010-01-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00564837. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.