The purpose of this study is to determine if dry needling (DN) and soft tissue mobilization (STM) is superior to standard treatment protocol for affecting pain, pain medication usage and measurements of range of motion (ROM) after ACL reconstruction surgery compared to a standard treatment protocol. Measurements of pain, pain medication usage, lower extremity functional scale (LEFS) and ROM will be taken day 2 post op and 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, and 4 weeks post op. It is hypothesized that the inclusion of DN and STM will acutely decrease the demand for pain medication and improve objective measurements when compared to a standard treatment protocol. Findings will potentially lead to insights as to the benefit of applying these interventions to help decrease the demand for pain medication post-surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
dry needling and soft tissue mobilization
Keller Army Community Hospital
West Point, New York, United States
Numerical pain rating scale
validated outcome measure for pain ranging from 0-10
Time frame: change from baseline, 2 days post-op, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week
Lower extremity functional scale
validated measure to assess disability and function for the lower extremity on a scale of 0-80
Time frame: change from baseline, 2 days post-op, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week
Global rate of change
validated measure of self reported overall change in injury or condition ranging from -7 to 7
Time frame: change from baseline, 2 days post-op, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week
knee range of motion
measured with goniometer
Time frame: change from baseline, 2 days post-op, 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week
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