Clinical trial NCT04912154: The Efficacy of Different Rehabilitation Protocols After Achilles Tendon Rupture Surgery
Official title: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on the Comparison of Traditional Rehabilitation Protocol and Accelerated Rehabilitation Protocol Under Ultrasonic Monitoring for Achilles Tendon Rupture
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Achilles Tendon Rupture
Keywords: traditional rehabilitation protocol
accelerated rehabilitation protocol
ultrasonic monitoring
Lead sponsor: Peking University Third Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-03
Enrollment: 200
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study is a prospective randomized controlled clinical study. After the Achilles tendon rupture repaired , patients were randomly divided into 2 groups, and the rehabilitation protocol was traditional rehabilitation protocol and accelerated rehabilitation protocol under ultrasonic monitoring , respectively, to study the difference in efficacy between the groups.

Detailed description: This prospective randomized controlled clinical study is designed to compare the treatment outcomes of different rehabilitation protocols by dividing the patients into two groups-based on the traditional rehabilitation protocol and accelerated rehabilitation protocol under ultrasonic monitoring after a similar suture technique. The inclusion criteria are patients with an acute closed single-legged complete Achilles tendon rupture, and an age of 18 to 60 years. The exclusion criteria are patients with prior Achilles tendon rupture or other situations that affect their lower limb functions or tendon healing (e.g., autoimmune disease, diabetes mellitus, systemic corticosteroid treatment). Other exclusion criteria are an inability to complete our suture technique (e.g., the distance from the rupture site to the Achilles tendon insertion is less than 3.5 cm), or those without rehabilitation or follow-up outcomes. All patients will be treated surgically with the same suture technique.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* acute closed single-legged complete Achilles tendon rupture .
* age of 18 to 60 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients with prior Achilles tendon rupture or other situations that affected their lower limb functions or tendon healing (e.g., autoimmune disease, diabetes mellitus, systemic corticosteroid treatment).
* an inability to complete our suture technique (e.g., the distance from the rupture site to the Achilles tendon insertion was less than 3.5 cm) .
* those without rehabilitation or follow-up outcomes.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The time of return to light sports activity
timeFrame: From operation to 1-year follow-up after the surgery
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Range of motion (ROM) recovery time
timeFrame: from operation to 1-year follow-up after the surgery
measure: Recovery time of the single-legged heel rise height (SHRH)
timeFrame: From operation to 1-year follow-up after the surgery
Other outcomes:
measure: visual analogue scale (VAS)
timeFrame: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 24, and 48 weeks after the surgery
measure: American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) hindfoot score
timeFrame: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 24, and 48 weeks after the surgery
measure: the Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS)
timeFrame: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 24, and 48 weeks after the surgery
Locations:
city: Beijing
country: China
facility: Peking University Third Hospital
state: Beijing
Study officials:
affiliation: Peking University Third Hospital
name: Jie Qiao, M.D.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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