An interventional study of Motor Imagery Program and Placebo program in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture, sponsored by HES-SO Valais-Wallis. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-07.
Sponsored by HES-SO Valais-Wallis · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The aim of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of a RCT whose topic would be the effect of a motor imagery program on the postural control in persons who have undergone ACL plasty.
Primary and secondary outcomes will be measured twice at the hospital, a first time six weeks after the beginning of the intervention and a second time eight weeks after the four weeks of the intervention.
Twelves home-based motor imagery sessions will occur in four weeks, three times a week, to activate. The training sessions will last between 15 and 20 minutes. During each training session, the participant will note on his/her own "Tracking sheet" how long they listened to the audio and their comments. The "Tracking sheet" will document whether or not the patient has participated in each of the twelve sessions.
In parallel, a control group will follow a placebo programme according to the same formalities.
Twenty-three participants (min.) will take part in this study.
557 studies on the registry are indexed under Rupture; 97 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 23 is below the median of 72 across 334 interventional studies indexed under Rupture.
Browse Rupture studies →HES-SO Valais-Wallis is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Exclusion Criteria:
This group will follow a program of motor imagery.
Other: Motor Imagery Program
This group will follow a placebo program inspired from Bodyscan
Other: Placebo program
The intervention group of the study will undergo standard postoperative physical therapy treatment at their therapist. Beginning on the third day after surgery, the participant will begin an motor imagery program to be performed three times a week for four weeks. A session lasts between fifteen and twenty minutes. It begins with a body awareness phase followed by a series of three to five one-minute exercises to be repeated three times, with a one-minute break between each exercise. The program is performed independently at home using a standardized audio tape.
The control group of the study will undergo standard postoperative physiotherapy treatment at their therapist. On the third day after surgery, the participant will begin a relaxation program inspired by the mindfulness tool called Bodyscan that acts as a placebo mental imagery program. Nevertheless, the program created for this technique does not follow the Bodyscan guidelines (Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2005), as we do not want there to be any effects in favor of improved body perception on the participants, which could bring an additional biai to the study. For the sake of understanding, we have used the term "body visualization" in the various documents distributed to the participants. The program is to be performed three times a week for four weeks. A session lasts between ten and fifteen minutes. The program is performed independently at home using a standardized audio tape.
Recruitment rate
Fulfilled if the recruitment rate is above 50% of eligible patients per month.
Time frame: 26 Weeks
Enrolment rate
Fulfilled if the participation rate is \> 75% (Percentage of participants who completed the study and the full programme, i.e. a minimum of eleven sessions out of twelve)
Time frame: 38 Weeks
Dynamic postural control
Modified Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), average length in percent
Time frame: 12 Weeks
Static postural control
Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), scoring ranges from 0 (best) to 60 (worse
Time frame: 12 Weeks
Changes in the functional capacities of the operated knee
Lysholm Questionnaire, Score range from 0 (worse disability) to 100 (less disability)
Time frame: 12 Weeks
Mental representation ability
Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire (KVIQ-10), scoring ranges from 0 (worse) to 50 (best)
Time frame: 6 Weeks
Use of Electrotherapy
Use of Electrotherapy during the rehabilitation
Time frame: 6 Weeks
Plan to share: No
No publications or documents are linked to this record.
This study is completed, as verified in Nov 2023. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.
Sign in to followQuestions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.
Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.
Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.
HES-SO Valais-Wallis