Regeneration of tissue at the donor site after use for knee instability
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- anterior cruciate ligament insuffieciency/tear/injury
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
Patients who have been operated for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadriceps tendon graft.
Exclusion Criteria
Current or past injuries to ipsilateral knee, possibly altering knee function, including previous ACL rupture.
Patients having any other connective tissue disorder interfering with assessment of the quadriceps tendon.
Skeletally immature patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The outcome measure of this study is to evaluate the changes occurring at the donor site after the harvest of the quadriceps tendon autograft by serial ultrasound.Timepoint: The outcome measure of this study is to evaluate the changes occurring at the donor site after the harvest of the quadriceps tendon autograft by serial ultrasound.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method not applicableTimepoint: not applicable