Laval University Rouge et or Post ACL Surgery Program Effectiveness
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, ACL
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries focused on measuring Acl, Anterior cruciate ligament, Post surgery
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Amateur athlete aged from 18 to 35 years old doing sports at least 3 times a week
- Having suffered from an Anterior Cruciate Ligament rupture
- Having undergone Anterior Cruciate Ligament surgery either with an anterior approach (with the patellar tendon) or a posterior approach (with the semitendinosus tendon)
- Having a functional deficit (score 85% or under at Knee Outcome Survey - Activity of Daily Living Scale questionnaire and/or score 80% or under at International Knee Documentation Committee questionnaire)
- Being available for follow up and actively follow the programme attributed.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Having suffered from multiple surgery for other ligaments in the same knee.
- Having undergone total meniscus removal
- Having suffered form Posterior Cruciate Ligament rupture.
- Having other injuries that could affect the functional performance and prevent from training.
Sites / Locations
- Université LavalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Rouge et Or program
CHU intervention guide
Rouge et Or program group follow a detailed program that they do on their own. It is made of three cycles of four weeks each. Every cycle contains 3 training sessions by week with a minimum of 24 hours between sessions. The training volume is modulated for every cycle and every week. Each training sessions is made of 6 warm-up exercises followed by 6 training exercises. The exercises are a mix of strengthening, endurance, plyometric, neuromuscular control and dynamic stability. The exercises change every month with a progressively increasing difficulty towards the end to mimic return to sport demands.
CHU intervention guide group follow the standard CHU protocol. At three months post-surgery, the protocol suggests progressing the exercises without precisely suggesting exercise, parameter or frequency.