Gait Retraining Enhances Athletes' Technique (GREAT)
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury, Knee Osteoarthritis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury focused on measuring Running, Gait Retraining, Return to Run, ACLR, Loading
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Able and willing to give informed consent
- Between 18-50 years of age
- Active duty Soldier or cadet
- History of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the last 18 months
- Cleared to return to run by their Department of Defense medical provider (primary care physician, orthopedic surgeon, physical therapist, or athletic trainer)
- Ability to perform 20 unassisted single leg heel raises bilaterally
- Ability to perform 10 pain-free, symmetrical, single-leg squats to between 45-60 degrees bilaterally
- Ability to perform 20 pain-free single leg hops in place bilaterally
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently on an Army running limiting profile
- Concomitant Posterior Cruciate Ligament or Lateral Cruciate Ligament injury
- Concomitant meniscectomy >50%
- History of inflammatory arthritis or gout
- History of ACL injury to either knee
- History of major lower-extremity joint injury and/or surgery
- Known pregnancy currently or in the previous 6 months
Sites / Locations
- Keller Army Community HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Intervention Group
Control Group
The experimental group participants (approximately 20 participants) will receive, a standard graduated return-to-run program, a 4-week lower-extremity exercise program, and an activity log to track exercise progress. Participants will be instructed to follow-up with their research physical therapist once a week for the first 4 weeks and then every other week until the run progression is completed. During follow-ups experimental group participants will receive gait retraining cues to transition to a NRFS running pattern.
The control group participants (approximately 20 participants) will receive, a standard graduated return-to-run program, a 4-week lower-extremity exercise program, and an activity log to track exercise progress. Participants will be instructed to follow-up with their research physical therapist once a week for the first 4 weeks and then every other week until the run progression is completed. During follow-ups control group participants will not receive any gait retraining cues and will only be instructed on standard of care return to run metrics to include volume, load, and duration of running.