Treatment of Anterior Ligament Rupture With Internal Brace Repair - A Prospective Randomised Controlled Study.

Aarhus University Hospital4 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether anterior cruciate ligament injury in patients wishing to return to sports activities may be treated with repair supplemented with internal brace compared with a standard operation using a patella tendon autograft.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Ligament; Laxity, Knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

Interventions

RepairPROCEDURE

Anterior ligament repair with internal brace.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Anterior cruciate ligament rupture Exclusion Criteria: * Current malignant disease * Rheumatoid arthritis * Other knee ligament instability * Obesity BMI \>30 * Morbus Bechterew

Locations (1)

Division of Sports Trauma, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99

Aarhus N, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Knee Laxity

KT-1000 arthrometer

Time frame: 12 Months

Secondary Outcomes

Patient reported outcome scores

Koos (Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score)

Time frame: 12 Months

Patient reported outcome scores

IKDC (International Knee Documentation Committee)

Time frame: 12 Months

Pain measurement

NRS-pain score (Numeric rating scale) (10 worst pain - 0 No pain)

Time frame: 12 Months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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