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Functional Resistance Training to Improve Knee Function After ACL Reconstruction

NCT03282565 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2022-01-18

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if thigh muscle weakness and the lack of muscle activation that accompanies ACL injury and reconstruction can be improved with functional resistance training.

Conditions

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Interventions

OTHER

Functional Resistance Training with Brace

A brace will be strapped to the leg and apply resistance across the knee while subjects walk on a treadmill.

OTHER

Control

A brace will be strapped to the leg and will not apply resistance across the knee while subjects walk on a treadmill.

OTHER

Functional Resistance Training with Elastic Band

An elastic band will be strapped to the leg and apply resistance across the knee while subjects walk on a treadmill.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Michigan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Riann Palmieri-Smith, PhD · University of Michigan

  • Chandramouli Krishnan, PhD · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-17
Primary Completion
2020-12-01
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • United States

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