Computer assisted surgery versus conventional arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective randomised clinical trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Rupture, anterior cruciate ligamentMusculoskeletal DiseasesKnee injuries
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN40231111
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Centre (The Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
2012 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22832975/ (added 26/03/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. All patients with an ACL rupture who are indicated for a reconstruction
2. Aged more than 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who are unable to understand Dutch written language
2. Patients who are unable to follow the regular postoperative controls
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Planned tunnel position versus actual achieved tunnel position of the ACL transplant (by Computed Tomography [CT]).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Difference in change in International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) subjective knee score<br> 2. Difference in change in Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)<br> 3. Difference in change in knee pain (Visual Analogue Scale [VAS] for pain)<br> 4. Difference in change in knee complaints (Lysholm score)<br> 5. Difference in change in sport activity (Tegner score)<br> 6. Difference in change in objective instability of the knee (KT1000 arthrometer)<br> 7. Difference in change in objective muscle strength (Biodex)<br> 8. Difference in satisfaction of the treatment<br>
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