NCT04593264

Quantifying the Benefits of Supervised vs. Unsupervised Pre-habilitation for Patients With Acute ACL Tears

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 128 (actual)
• Sponsor: WellSpan Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Although the success of physical therapy following surgery has been well-documented and validated in patients undergoing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) procedures, more recent studies have demonstrated that patient outcomes are the most favorable when surgery is delayed approximately 4 weeks until after the patient has completed a preoperative physical therapy program, or "pre-habilitation." The ultimate goal of pre-habilitation is to regain full range of motion in the knee and reach approximately 80% of pre-injury quadricep strength. However, extra physical therapy can stress both time and resources. Thus, we propose a home-based, self-guided pre-habilitation program. We hypothesize that patients participating in self-guided pre-habilitation will experience the same benefits as patients in a traditional office-based physical therapy program.

Conditions

• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Self-guided pre-habilitation exercise program	A set of self-guided exercises developed by an athletic trainer to perform at home in order to optimize the knee for ACL repair surgery
OTHER	Traditional pre-habilitation	Pre-habilitation exercise sessions under the direct supervision of a physical therapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-23
• Primary completion: 2022-06-30
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2020-10-19
• Last updated: 2023-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States