Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04302558
Low-Intensity Blood Flow Restriction Training as a Pre-Operative Rehabilitative Modality to Improve Post-Operative Outcomes for ACL Reconstruction
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 29 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 13 Years – 40 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Researchers are trying to find out whether the use of low-intensity strength exercises during the 2 weeks before surgery, and while the blood flow to the leg is reduced, will improve the outcomes after surgery to repair an injured ligament of the knee.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Exercise Blood Flow Restriction training | While exercising, an Inflatable cuff, similar to a blood pressure cuff, is applied to the proximal aspect of the femur of the affected lower extremity inflated to occlude blood flow |
| BEHAVIORAL | SHAM Exercise Blood Flow Restriction training | While exercising Inflatable cuff, similar to a blood pressure cuff, applied to the proximal aspect of the femur of the affected lower extremity with limited inflation pressure to not occlude blood flow |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-12-18
- Primary completion
- 2022-05-04
- Completion
- 2022-05-04
- First posted
- 2020-03-10
- Last updated
- 2023-02-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04302558. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.