Therapeutic Benefits of a Motor Imaging Protocol Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Reconstructive surgery after anterior cruciate ligament rupture, sessions from a physical therapist.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear. Basic parameters: 18 years — 45 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Therapeutic Benefits of a Motor Imaging Protocol After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery: Study of Lower Limb Symmetry During Various Functional Tests
Overview
The purpose of this study is to compare changes in lower limb symmetry during functional and strength tests, before and after the motor imagery program, in patients who received the 3-week motor imagery program starting 3 months post-surgery versus patients who did not receive the motor imagery program.
Detailed description
This is a prospective, comparative, randomized, controlled, single-blind (patient), single-center study evaluating the effects of a motor imagery program in parallel with rehabilitation sessions in patients who have had an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
The study population is composed of adult patients who underwent reconstructive surgery after anterior cruciate ligament rupture, followed up at the Clinique de la Sauvegarde in Lyon for post-operative functional and strength testing of the anterior cruciate ligament.
Patients included in the study will be randomized into two study arms (experimental arm and control arm).
Interventions
- Procedure Reconstructive surgery after anterior cruciate ligament rupture
surgical technique for repairing the cruciate ligament - Other sessions from a physical therapist
sessions from a physical therapist in accordance with standard practice
Primary outcome measures
- Evolution of limb symmetry [Time frame: between 3 and 4.5 months]
- Isometric quadriceps strength [Time frame: between 3 and 4.5 months]
- Isometric hamstring strength [Time frame: between 3 and 4.5 months]
- Average concentric strength [Time frame: between 3 and 4.5 months]
- Average strength [Time frame: between 3 and 4.5 months]
- Quadriceps activation measured [Time frame: between 3 and 4.5 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients aged 18 to 45;
- Individuals who have undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction for the first time on the operated leg;
- All types of surgery (harvesting of the new gracilis or patellar tendon) within 3 months prior to inclusion;
- Patients able to understand and read French;
- Affiliation with a social insurance plan;
- Signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- Recurrence or rupture of the contralateral anterior cruciate ligament;
- Osteotomy;
- Cognitive disorders observed by the investigator;
- Vestibular disorders known to the patient or observed by the investigator;
- Post-surgical complications (infection, early graft rupture);
- Patient participating in another interventional clinical trial, or in a period of exclusion from another interventional study;
- Patient under guardianship or conservatorship;
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
France · 1 center
- Clinique de la Sauvegarde — Lyon
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07210489 · 2025-A01415-44