Anterior Cruciate Ligament-reconstruction: Quadriceps Tendon or Hamstrings Tendon? A Prospective Trial

Aarhus University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ligament; Laxity, Knee; Rupture of Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Treatments: Procedure: Quadriceps graft

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02173483

Danish EC - 110728514

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a difference in muscle strength after anterior cruciate ligament comparing 2 surgery technics. Using either autograft hamstrings tendon or a autograft quadriceps tendon.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Anterior cruciate ligament rupture

Exclusion criteria

• current malignant disease
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Other knee ligament instability
• Obesity BMI >30
• Morbus Bechterew

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Quadriceps graft

Other group

Description:

Proximally from patella the Quadriceps graft is harvested and used as a knew anterior cruciate ligament after rupture.

Treatment:

Procedure: Quadriceps graft

Hamstrings Graft

Other group

Description:

The Hamstrings graft is harvested and used as a knew anterior cruciate ligament after rupture.

Treatment:

Procedure: Quadriceps graft