SEQUAR SEmitendinosus vs QUadriceps in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age16-40
SponsorKarolinska Institutet

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

Treatment groups

200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators