Stopping OsteoARthritis After an ACL Tear

"The SOAR program is a 6-month, online-delivered (videoconferencing), PT-guided knee health program which consists of;~1. Knee Camp: Includes interactive education, and 1:1 physiotherapy knee exam and counseling session to co-identify home-based exercise-therapy and physical activity goals to address participants' unique functional limitations. Participants are given a wrist-worn activity monitor to wear 24hours/day.~2. Individualized Weekly Home-based Exercise-Therapy and Physical Activity Program: At home, participants work to meet their exercise-therapy and physical activity goals. Exercises and physical activity are tracked with an online form and the activity monitor. Participants can also attend an optional weekly group class.~3. Weekly PT-guided Exercise-Therapy and Physical Activity Counselling: Each week, participants attend a 1:1 physiotherapist counseling session to modify exercise-therapy and physical activity goals."

Participants in the minimal intervention CONTROL group will receive access to a 30-minute educational video (knee anatomy, ACLR information, general exercise, physical activity, and goal-setting principles), a best practice workbook, one video-recorded virtual session with a physiotherapist (naïve to SOAR) who will explain the booklet and answer questions but not volunteer information beyond the video or booklet and the same wrist-worn activity tracker as the experimental group.