Clinical trial NCT05470790: Arabic Version of Marx Activity Rating and Knee Stability in Sports/Cutting-Pivoting Ability Scales
Official title: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties Analysis of Arabic Version of Marx Activity Rating Scale and Knee Stability in Sports/Cutting-Pivoting Ability Scale for Saudi Athletes With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Injuries
Keywords: Knee Injury
Sports Ability
Activity Level
Patient Report Outcome
Rating Scales
Lead sponsor: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Qatif Central Hospital
First posted: 2022-07-22
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: sports population

Brief summary: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are among the most common knee ligament injuries, causing joint instability and impairments. Besides being challenging, this type of injury greatly affects the athlete's passion and wellbeing, and it is associated with several risk factors. Injuries to the ACL are estimated to occur within 80,000 to 250,000 young, active and healthy athletes each year. This cross-sectional observational study aimed at translating, adapting cross-culturally, and investigating the psychometric properties of the Marx Activity Rating Scale (MARS) and the Knee Stability in Sports/Cutting-Pivoting Ability (KSS/CPA) scale in Saudi patients with anterior cruciate ligament injuries. For this study, a convenient sample size of 100 athletes with ACL injuries and healthy participants will be selected from different Saudi hospitals and clubs. Study participants will be informed about the study and a consent form will be obtained before they participate. A number of scales will be used as outcome measures, including the MARS, KSS/CPA scale, Knee Injury, and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, Lysholm Knee Score, and International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form. Internal consistency of both the MARS and KSS/CPA scales will be tested using Cronbach's alpha. A construct's validity will be measured by Spearman's correlation coefficient. Content validity can be determined by examining whether there are floor and ceiling effects. A significance level of 0.05 will be used to determine whether the data is significant. Ultimately, the study will help patients with ACL injuries to make informed decisions about their treatment, empower healthcare professionals to understand patients' concerns, and facilitate research.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. An athlete with an orthopedic diagnosis of unilateral ACL injury
2. Age from 18 years to 45 years old
3. Participants who read and write in Arabic
4. Healthy participants that do not have lower limb injury limited participation in physical activity for at least six months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* 1 Patients with other lower limbs or different musculoskeletal injuries such as lower back pain may affect physical activity

Primary outcomes:
measure: Arabic version of Marx activity rating scale
timeFrame: 1 minute
measure: Arabic version of knee stability in sports/cutting -pivoting ability scale
timeFrame: 1 minute
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
timeFrame: 3 minutes
measure: Lysholm Knee Score
timeFrame: 2 minutes
measure: International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form
timeFrame: 2 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Dammam
country: Saudi Arabia
facility: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
state: Eastern Province
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