Blood Flow Restriction Training for Quadriceps Function After Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
This study is looking at whether adding blood flow restriction (BFR) training to physical therapy (PT) helps improve quadriceps (thigh muscle) function after arthroscopic knee surgery, specifically for those who have had an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction. Researchers want to see if PT with BFR training is better than PT alone at preventing muscle loss and improving strength and function. They will measure changes in quadriceps muscle size using ultrasound at different times after starting PT. You might be able to join if you are between 14 and 55 years old, have had an ACL reconstruction, and plan to return to sports. The study aims to enroll 150 participants, but its current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 150 participants to compare physical therapy with blood flow restriction training to physical therapy alone.
- What's involved
- Participants will attend two or three 90-minute physical therapy sessions per week for 6 weeks, with a minimum of 18 visits required. Quadriceps muscle size will be measured at the start of PT, and then 1, 2, and 5 months later.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 5 months after the start of physical therapy to measure changes in quadriceps muscle size.
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Does Blood Flow Restriction Training Improve Quadriceps Function After Arthroscopic Knee Surgery?
At a glance
Conditions
NCT03096366
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texasstudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Walter R Lowe, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
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What this trial measures
- Change in Quadriceps Muscle Cross-Sectional Area (CSA) as Assessed by Ultrasoundat start of PT, 1 month after start of PT
Initiation of PT is 1 month after surgery
- Change in Quadriceps Muscle Cross-Sectional Area (CSA) as Assessed by Ultrasoundat start of PT, 2 months after start of PT
Initiation of PT is 1 month after surgery
- Change in Quadriceps Muscle Cross-Sectional Area (CSA) as Assessed by Ultrasoundat start of PT, 5 months after start of PT
Initiation of PT is 1 month after surgery