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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02961530
Date of registration: 09/11/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Public title: Effect of Rehabilitation Programs Based on Eccentric Exercise of Knee Extensor Muscles in Isotonic and Isokinetic Conditions After Partial Menisectomy
Scientific title: Effect of Rehabilitation Programs Based on Eccentric Exercise of Knee Extensor Muscles in Isotonic and Isokinetic Conditions After Partial Menisectomy
Date of first enrolment: July 2016
Target sample size: 32
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02961530
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Marlon F Vidmar, MSc
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Affiliation:  Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Young adults aged between 18 and 40 years;

- Recreational athletes;

- Unilateral partial meniscal tear;

- Partial meniscectomy by video-arthroscopy within 90 days after injury;

- Male subjects;

- Classification of body mass index up to pre-obese (25.0 - 29.9 kg / m2);

- Not undergoing any strength training program for the lower limbs in the six months
prior to the study;

- Acceptance of individuals in participating in the procedures proposed by the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

Repeated meniscal tear; Associated ligament injuries; Previous history (<6 months) of
musculoskeletal lesions in the thigh; Patellar tendinopathy; Patellofemoral pain syndrome;
Respiratory or cardiovascular conditions that limit the performance of exercises; Users of
dietary supplements or anabolic steroids



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Meniscal Tear
Intervention(s)
Other: Isotonic eccentric exercises
Other: Isokinetic eccentric exercises
Primary Outcome(s)
The femoral quadriceps muscle mass through nuclear magnetic resonance imaging [Time Frame: Change from baseline and six weeks after intervention protocol]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Functionality of the individuals through single and triple hop test [Time Frame: Change from baseline and six weeks after intervention protocol]
Functionality of the individuals through Lysholm score [Time Frame: Change from baseline and six weeks after intervention protocol]
Performance of knee extensors through computerized dynamometry [Time Frame: Change from baseline and six weeks after intervention protocol]
Secondary ID(s)
FUHSPortoAlegre_IV
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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