Adam G Culvenor, Thomas J West, Andrea M Bruder, Mark J Scholes, Christian J Barton, Ewa M Roos, Edwin H G Oei, Steven M McPhail, Richard B Souza, Jusuk Lee, Brooke E Patterson, Michael A Girdwood, Jamon L Couch, Kay M Crossley
OBJECTIVES: The study aims to (1) report the process of recruiting young adults into a secondary knee osteoarthritis prevention randomised controlled trial (RCT) after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR); (2) determine the number of individuals needed to be screened to include one participant (NNS) and (3) report baseline characteristics of randomised participants. METHODS: The SUpervised exercise-therapy and Patient Education Rehabilitation (SUPER)-Knee RCT compares SUPER and minimal intervention for young adults (aged 18-40 years) with ongoing symptoms (ie, mean score of <80/100 from four Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score subscales (KOOS4 )) 9-36 months post-ACLR...
2024: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine