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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 3 August 2015
Main ID:  NCT01633047
Date of registration: 03/07/2012
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
Public title: Electrostimulation in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Scientific title: Effects of Low Frequency Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Applied to the Quadriceps in the Production of Knee Extension Strength and Control of Edema After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Date of first enrolment: June 2015
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01633047
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Tiago A Bozzo
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Affiliation:  Federal University of São Paulo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects between 18 e 45 years old, submitted in the last 15 days to the ACL
reconstruction surgery, being the first knee lesion episode.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients cannot present any constrains regarding the physical activity practice
according to the Sports Medicine American College.

- cartilage degeneration with a degree higher than 2 according to the cartilage Repair
International Society

- Presence of other ligamentary lesions associated to the ACL reconstruction.

- Utilization of complementary therapies parallel to the treatment.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Knee Injuries
Intervention(s)
Other: physical therapy exercises
Other: electrical stimulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CAAE 01430812.1.0000.5505
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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