Prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injuries through virtual reality-based motor learning transfer.

UMIN ID: UMIN000056775

Registered date:08/02/2025

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Pending
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: anterior cruciate ligament injury
• Date of first enrollment: 2025/02/01
• Target sample size: 16
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Perform the 90 degree cutting task in a realistic environment. First, the participants are asked to run forward at 80% speed (to prevent the task from causing ACL injury) and then perform the task of cutting 90 degree to the right if the number is even or to the left if the number is odd, in relation to the number shown in the middle of the task. The numbers shown at this time are random. Perform this task 20 times.
The 90 degree cutting task is performed in a virtual reality environment. At the start of the training, the opponent starts to move forward to receive the ball and the participant follows him so that they do not move apart. The opponent then changes direction suddenly and randomly to the left and right, and the examinee performs cutting accordingly. The task is completed after the end of the cutting. This task is performed 20 times.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Correlation between the lateral flexion angle of the trunk and the abduction moment of the knee joint.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 18years-old
• Age maximum: 23years-old
• Gender: Male
• Exclude criteria: Those that do not meet the above selection criteria.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Human Health Sciences
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Self funding