Improving ACL Reconstruction Outcomes: CBPT

Status:	Active, not recruiting
Conditions:	Orthopedic
Therapuetic Areas:	Orthopedics / Podiatry
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	14 - 35
Updated:	1/25/2019
Start Date:	July 1, 2017
End Date:	April 2020

Improving ACL Reconstruction Outcomes: Cognitive-Behavioral Based Physical Therapy

The overall objective of this study is to conduct a two-group randomized trial to examine the
efficacy of cognitive-behavioral based physical therapy (CBPT) for improving knee function,
return to sport, and quality of life outcomes in patients following ACL reconstruction
(ACLR). The study consists of two treatment groups: telephone-based cognitive-behavioral
based physical therapy for ACLR (CBPT-ACLR) and telephone-based Education. The central
hypothesis is that the CBPT-ACLR participants relative to the Education group will
demonstrate significantly greater improvement in postoperative outcomes at 12 months
following surgery.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. English speaking (due to feasibility of employing study personnel to deliver and
assess the study intervention);

2. 14 to 35 years of age (children 14 and older have skeletal maturity and adults 35 and
younger are less likely to have symptoms of knee osteoarthritis);

3. no previous surgery to either knee;

4. time from injury to surgery 12 months or less;

5. active participation in a sport on a weekly basis prior to injury

Exclusion Criteria:

1. bilateral simultaneous ACL reconstructions;

2. revision ACLR;

3. any concurrent ligament (MCL, LCL, or PCL) surgical procedures;

4. concurrent osteotomies or meniscus transplantations;

5. surgery secondary to trauma, tumor, or infection;

6. having workman's compensation insurance for surgery;

7. on active military duty;

8. medical history of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder; and

9. unable to provide stable address and access to a telephone

We found this trial at

sites

Cleveland Clinic

Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125

from

Garfield Heights, OH