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Motor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor Relearning After ACL Injury

NCT03473821 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 106

Last updated 2024-04-24

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Summary

Anterior cruciate ligament injury is a common issue in sports involving cutting and jumping. Treatment may include surgical intervention followed by physical therapy, or no surgical intervention with the main treatment being physical therapy. Despite meeting physical therapist requirements for return to sport, many athletes do not return to sport. This discrepancy in the physical requirements for returning to physical activity and actually returning to the same physical activity level leads to the question of whether current rehabilitation treatments may be improved upon.

One potential method is by integrating mental training into physical rehabilitation. By using mental training and increasing the meaning and relevance of rehabilitation, a person may be preparing more effectively for return to the pace and intensity common during physical activity.

In this study, the investigators aim to create and evaluate a model of training which incorporates physical activity-related movement and mental training in order to more effectively prepare people for return to physical activity after anterior cruciate ligament injury. This will be measured by examining functional hop measures, as well as patient-reported outcomes.

Conditions

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MOTIFS

o MOTor Imagery to Facilitate Sensorimotor re-learning (MOTIFS) is an individualized and physical activity-specific integrated model that includes aspects of both neuromuscular training, as used in rehabilitation practices, and Dynamic Motor Imagery (DMI). DMI is a form of mental training in which the participant images him-/herself performing a task from a first-person perspective in order to maximize functional equivalence to the task in question. This includes dynamic, physical movement, as well as mental imaging. The intervention provides a framework for designing individualized, physical activity-specific rehabilitation exercises for knee-injured people.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lund University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eva Ageberg, PhD · Lund University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-25
Primary Completion
2023-06-06
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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