The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis (LET) influences postoperative lower-extremity LM recovery following bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR). We hypothesize that patients undergoing ACLR BTB with LET will demonstrate greater loss of operative-leg LM at 9 months postoperatively compared with patients undergoing isolated ACLR BTB.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Harvested with bone on both ends of soft tissue. A portion of the patient's patellar tendon, along with bone plugs from the patella and tibial tubercle, is harvested and used to reconstruct the torn ACL through bone tunnels created in the tibia and femur.
A strip of the iliotibial band on the outside of the knee is used to provide additional stability and reduce abnormal rotational movement following ACL reconstruction.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Change in operative-leg lean mass (LM)
Time frame: Baseline to 9 months
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