Virtual Reality Mindfulness Meditation After ACL Reconstruction
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury focused on measuring Neurosciences, Rehabilitation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female
- Ages 14-25 years
- Have self-reported levels of fear on the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia-11
- Have poor jump-landing movement quality as measured by the Landing Error Scoring System-Real Time
- Injured their knee playing or training for sports (recreational or organized)
- Have a history of unilateral left-side ACLR
- Right-hand dominant
- 1 to 5-years post-ACLR
- Demonstrate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compliance
Exclusion Criteria:
- Male
- Concussion in the past 3 months
- Presence of metal fragments, pins, plates, or clips, shrapnel, permanent makeup, body piercings that cannot be removed, surgical implants, or orthodontics that cannot be removed
- On any medication that affects the central nervous system
- Any neurological conditions (i.e. epilepsy)
- Claustrophobia
- Under the influence of alcohol or other recreational drugs
- Pregnancy or suspicion of pregnancy
Sites / Locations
- Fetzer Hall, 210 South RoadRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Sham Comparator
VR Mindfulness Meditation Group
VR Sham Group
Participants will complete 8-weeks of virtual reality mindfulness meditation and an advanced neuromuscular training program. Mindfulness meditation is the practice of sustaining attention on the body, breath, or sensations in any given moment and allows for the self-regulation of attention by decreasing rumination about past or future events. During the practice of mindfulness meditation, the individual is aware of all incoming thoughts and feelings, but rather than reacting to them, the individual accepts them. Virtual reality mindfulness meditation has been demonstrated to be superior in inducing mindfulness states when compared to traditional mindfulness meditation. Use of a virtual reality system to implement mindfulness meditation not only decreases the barrier of time to implement psychological interventions, but also improves the clinician's confidence in implementing the intervention as the virtual reality system guides the patient through the mindfulness meditation process.
Participants will complete 8-weeks of virtual reality sham and an advanced neuromuscular training program. Participants will be immersed in a virtual environment but will not receive the mindfulness meditation.