Recruiting

Mechanical Perturbation Training

Sponsor:

University of Delaware

Code:

NCT03080402

Conditions

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

ACL

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 15 - 30

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Mechanical Perturbation Training

Study Details

Brief summary:

A prospective trial will be used to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic mechanical perturbation training program. 24 female athletes who are regular participants in activities that involve cutting, pivoting, jumping, and lateral movements prior to injury who range in age from 15-30 year are eligible. Using a prospective risk stratification design, female athletes with knee abduction moment (KAM) > 25.25 Nm from drop jump motion analysis will be classified as high KAM and will receive 12 sessions of mechanically-driven perturbation training and female athletes with KAM < 25.25 Nm from drop jump motion analysis will be classified as normal KAM and only participate in baseline performance testing, followed 6 weeks later by another session of drop jump motion analysis and performance testing.

Conditions

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

ACL

Study ID

NCT03080402

Start date

Feb 20, 2017

Status verified date

Mar, 2017

Completion date

Dec 31, 2017

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2017

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 15 - 30

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female athletes will be eligible if they are: 1) regular participants in Level 1 and 2 sports (cutting and pivoting type sports, and 2) ages 15-30 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of major injury or surgery to the legs.

Study Design

Enrollment

24 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: High KAM

Mechanically-driven neuromuscular training. 2 times per week for 6 weeks for a total of 12 sessions. Perturbation training

no intervention: Normal KAM

No intervention

Interventions

Mechanical Perturbation Training

The training program will consist of three stages and subjects will progress through each neuromuscular training stage.The training will consist of double- to single-limb movements with progression of jumping, hopping, and pivoting maneuvers on the perturbation device with an emphasis on proper technique and landing. The initial four sessions will focus on primarily on jumping and hopping maneuvers on double- and single-limb in the sagittal plane. The intermediate four sessions will incorporate additional medial and lateral maneuvers with the plyometric tasks. The final four sessions will incorporate rotational and pivoting activities with the maneuvers. The resultant protocol has been derived and optimized from previous published research studies and prevention techniques.

Primary outcome measure

  • Peak knee abduction moment [ Time Frame: baseline and 6 weeks after baseline testing ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Martha Callahan

(302) 831-6202mcall@udel.edu

Locations

University of Delaware, Physical Therapy Department

Recruiting

Newark, Delaware, United States, 19716

Contacts

Martha Callahan

302-831-6202mcall@udel.edu

Principal Investigator:

Lynn Snyder-Mackler, PT ATC ScD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Delaware

Last update posted

Mar 15, 2017

Last verified

Mar, 2017

Keywords

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament
  • ACL injury
  • Injury prevention
  • Perturbation training
  • Risk factors

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Delaware on 2017-03-15.