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NCT Number: NCT04629092

The Effect of Upper Limbs Motion During Single-leg Jump Landing After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of upper limbs motion on lower limb biomechanics and muscle activity during single-leg jump landing after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

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Key information

Conditions

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Age range

20 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

National Yang-Ming University

Taipei, 112, Taiwan

About this study

More and more people join in different sports in recent years. But the incidence of sports injury also increases. And the most frequently occurring and debilitating knee injury in sports is rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Patients who aim to return to their preinjury sports should undergo anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) in order to maximize knee stability. The overall incidence rate of a second ACL injury within 24 months after ACLR was nearly 6 times greater than that in healthy participants. Although many studies have showed about biomechanical and neuromuscular risk factors during jump landing which were thought to associate with the secondary injury after ACLR, these studies all focused on the motion of lower extremity. But actually, people often use their upper limbs to catch or throw a ball during jump landing in playground. Whether the upper limbs motion will affect the muscle coordination of lower extremity during jump landing is still unknown. Therefore, the purpose of our study is to investigate the effect of upper limbs motion during single-leg jump landing after ACLR.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Only one leg has operation of ACL reconstruction
  • At least 1 year after ACLR or have been back to sports
  • Exercise in sports regularly.

Exclusion criteria

  • Other operation of lower extremity exclude ACLR
  • Any diseases or poor condition that will affect jumping or deterioration after jumping.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Kinematics of lower-limb during landing phase

    Time frame: from taking off to landing, about 5 seconds.

    The data will be collected by VICON motion capture system, include hip, knee and ankle joint angle in three plane. (frontal plane, sagittal plane and transverse plane)

  2. Kinetics of knee joint during landing phase

    Time frame: from taking off to landing, about 5 seconds.

    The data will be collected by VICON motion capture system and calculated by inverse dynamics, include knee flexion/extension moment, abduction/adduction moment, internal/external rotation moment.

  3. Muscle onset time of lower-limb muscles during landing phase

    Time frame: from taking off to landing, about 5 seconds.

    The data will be collected by wireless electromyography, include rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, biceps femoris, semitendinosus.

  4. Muscle activation of lower-limb muscles during landing phase

    Time frame: from taking off to landing, about 5 seconds.

    The data will be collected by wireless electromyography, include rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, biceps femoris, semitendinosus, anterior tibialis, medial gastrocnemius

  5. Muscle activation-Hamstring and Quadriceps ratio (H/Q ratio) during landing phase

    Time frame: from taking off to landing, about 5 seconds.

    The data will use the amount of hamstring and quadriceps muscle activation to calculate H/Q ratio.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Upper Limbs Motion on Lower Limb Biomechanics and Muscle Activity During Single-leg Jump Landing After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Nov 16, 2020
Registry last updated
Nov 16, 2020

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