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Home Vs. Physiotherapy Supervised Rehabilitation After ACL Reconstruction

NCT00564837 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 145

Last updated 2010-01-12

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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

  • ACL Reconstruction

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Home-based rehabilitation program

Home-based rehabilitation program that includes 4 physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months

PROCEDURE

Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program

Physiotherapy-supervised rehabilitation program that includes 17 scheduled physiotherapy sessions in the first 3 post-op months

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Calgary Health Region

    collaborator OTHER

  • Olympic Oval Endowment Fund

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • AirCast LLC

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Fitter International Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Calgary

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicholas G. Mohtadi, MD, MSc · University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-09-30
Primary Completion
2001-02-28
Completion
2001-02-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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