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

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

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02173483
Enrollment
100
Registered
2014-06-25
Start date
2014-05-31
Completion date
2019-01-31
Last updated
2019-04-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Ligament; Laxity, Knee, Rupture of Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

Sponsors

Aarhus University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Anterior cruciate ligament rupture

Exclusion criteria

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

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Patient reported outcome score - IKDC12 monthIKDC (international Knee Documentation committee) subjective score (0-100)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Knee laxity12 monthKT-1000 arthrometer
Patient reported outcome score - KOOS12 monthKoos (Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score) contains 5 subscores (Pain, ADL, QOL, Symptoms, Sport & recreation). Each subscore ranges from 0-100 where higher values represent a better score.
TEGNER12 monthPatient reported outcome score (range 0-10)
Anterior knee pain scale12 monthPatient reported outcome score (range 0-100)
Donor Site morbidity score12 monthPatient reported outcome score (range 100-0)

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 26, 2026