Status:
UNKNOWN
Does ACL Augmented With LEAT Better Controls Rotational Laxity Than Isolated ACL Reconstruction?
Lead Sponsor:
Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence
Conditions:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Eligibility:
All Genders
15-25 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
It has been suggested that adding a Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis (LEAT) to Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction has the advantage of better controlling the rotational laxity. The objec...
Detailed Description
This study is a non-randomized clinical trial including 40 patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury who are undergoing surgery and will be allocated 1:1 to either isolated ACL reconstruction (c...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- no previous knee surgeries
- contralateral healthy knee
- positive pivot-shift (++)
Exclusion
- revision ACL surgery
- ACL reconstruction using allograft or synthetic grafts
- multi-ligament injury
- pregnant female
- other injuries or conditions that may alter the knee function (eg. severe osteoarthritis)
- requiring concomitant osteotomy
- requiring concomitant cartilage surgery (other than debridement)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 13 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04136990
Start Date
January 13 2020
End Date
June 1 2023
Last Update
March 22 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Clínica do Dragão, Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence
Porto, Portugal, 4350-415