About this trial
Randomized control trial comparing two different Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) grafts in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: the semitendinosus hamstrings graft and the quadriceps graft. Capio Artro Clinic (Stockholm) has vast experience in ACL surgery using both semitendinosus and quadriceps grafts.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Pre-injury Tegner Activity Scale≥7
Intended return to sports to prior sport and Tegner Activity Scale Level
Time between injury and inclusion not more than 6 months
MR verified ACL rupture
Disqualifiers
Previous knee injury with symptoms before ACL injury
Neurological disease, inflammatory disease, connective tissue disease or balance disorder
Previous lower limb fracture or surgery
Laxity in the medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) > grade 1
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- ACL Reconstruction with Semitendinosus graft
- ACL Reconstruction with Quadriceps tendon-bone graft