Gait Rehabilitation Following an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Linkoeping University30 enrolled

Overview

A randomized control trial where subjects following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction will be randomized to either a control group who will receive the normal rehabilitation or an experimental group who will perform a 2-week gait rehabilitation using the anti-gravity treadmill in addition to the normal rehabilitation. The intervention will be added to the existing care received at Linkoping University Hospital 2 weeks post-surgery, while the evaluation will be performed in week 5 and 12 post-surgery using: a 3D-gait analysis (with the Qualisys software), self-reported function questionnaires and a clinical examination.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Complete Tear, Knee, Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 YearsMax age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Anterior cruciate ligament injury occurred a minimum of 3 weeks prior to surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Previous Anterior cruciate ligament injury * Other knee injury with restrictions that could interfere with rehabilitation * Other injury or disease that could interfere with rehabilitation * Inability to understand the information

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

3 dimensional gait analysis

A 10 Oqus camera system by Qualisys, Sweden integrated with 3 Kistler forcplates is used. The primary outcome is peak knee flexion during stance phase for injured leg

Time frame: 5 weeks post-surgery

Secondary Outcomes

Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score

The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is a self-administered questionnaire which consists of 42 items which can be sub grouped into five categories. These categories are pain, other disease-specific symptoms, activities of daily living (ADL), sport and recreation function and lastly knee-related quality of life.