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Full Vs Partial Weightbearing During the First Six Weeks of Rehab. After Fibular Collateral Ligament Reconstruction
Full Weightbearing Versus Partial Controlled Weightbearing During the First Six Weeks of Rehabilitation After Reconstruction of the Fibular Collateral Ligament: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who can join
Ages 14 to 59 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 14 years old, \<60 * Reconstruction of FCL alone * Combined FCL + ACL reconstructions * Males or females * Is willing and able to comply with the clinical trial plan and able to understand and sign the Patient Informed Consent Form. Exclusion Criteria: * \< 14 years old, \> 60 * Pregnant * Revision FCL reconstructions * Concurrent biceps femoris or lateral capsular repairs * Concurrent PCL or MCL reconstructions * Concomitant meniscus root or radial repair surgery with transtibial technique
About the study
This is a prospective randomized controlled trial with the purpose to determine if patients undergoing fibular collateral ligament (FCL) reconstruction alone or combined FCL and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions can safely begin full controlled weightbearing for the first six weeks after surgery.
What is being tested
- Physical Therapy (other)
Sponsor: Twin Cities Orthopedics · Participants: 50 · Started: Jan 1, 2020
Contact the study team
- Becky Stone · Phone: 952-456-7136
- Kayla Seiffert · Phone: 952-456-7085
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05073263
Locations in the U.S.
| Minnesota | Twin Cities Orthopedics, Edina |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.