NCT05606250

Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation in Anterior Cruciate Reconstruction

Effectiveness of the Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation Technique in Post-surgical Anterior Cruciate Ligament Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Europea de Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of the study is to demonstrate the efficacy of the ultrasound-guided percutaneous neuromodulation technique in the femoral nerve in patients who underwent surgery for the anterior cruciate ligament.

Detailed description

After being informed about the study and the potential risks, all subjects who accept the study and give their informed consent in writing, the subjects will participate in a randomized, longitudinal and prospective clinical trial divided into two groups (control group and experimental group) with the main objective of demonstrating that the ultrasound-guided percutaneous neuromodulation technique is effective for the treatment of pain in subjects undergoing surgery for the anterior cruciate ligament. Subjects belonging to the control group will perform a physiotherapy protocol and those belonging to the experimental group will undergo two interventions of the ultrasound-guided percutaneous neuromodulation technique combined with the physiotherapy protocol. The same number of measurements will be performed on all subjects.

Conditions

• ACL Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation	Ultrasound guided percutaneous neuromodulation in femoral nerve. Patients were placed in supine lying with the anterior aspect of the hip uncovered. The intervention consisted of the application of a biphasic square wave electric current, with a frequency of 2 Hz, a phase duration of 250μs, and a maximum tolerable intensity to cause an exacerbated muscle contraction for 15minutes in total

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-20
• Primary completion: 2022-04-20
• Completion: 2024-01-15
• First posted: 2022-11-04
• Last updated: 2024-03-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain