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Brain training boosts ACL recovery? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT05440890
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether adding brain-focused education and cross-training (exercising the uninjured leg) early after ACL surgery helps recovery. 29 adults aged 18-40 who had ACL repair participated. Researchers measured leg strength, brain structure, and brain activity to see how the body adapts after surgery.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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29 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * People between 18 and 40 years whith MRI diagnosis of ACL rupture. * Autograft, allograft or artificail graft of any source. * With/without any meniscal resection/repair. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of systematic disease, no injury or symptomatic in contralateral lower limb, pregnancy, current or prior neurologic condiction.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Antonio Cuesta Vargas
Málaga, Spain
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