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Study to choose a better graft for ACL surgery comparing gait lab data

Phase 3
Conditions
Health Condition 1: S835- Sprain of cruciate ligament of knee
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/02/023540
Lead Sponsor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

a) Isolated Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear

b) Patient symptomatic by instability i.e. having at least

one episode giving way of the involved knee

c) Mature patient with 16-45 year of age

d) Undergoing ACL reconstruction using Bone Patellar Tendon Bone autograft or

Hamstring tendon autograft.

e) Consenting to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

a) Patients who refuse to participate in the study

b) Associated meniscal injury requiring more than

one-third resection or repair

c) Any degree of extension lag

d) Associated more than grade 2 PCL, LCL or MCL

injury

e) Associated osteoarthritis of the injured knee

f) Associated pathology of contralateral hip, knee or

ankle that would affect gait

g) Any associated pathology of ipsilateral hip or

ankle that would affect gait

h) Any pre-injury pathology of the concerned knee

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Gait analysis parameters : <br/ ><br>a) Walking velocity (m/s) <br/ ><br>b) Peak knee flexion angle, degrees <br/ ><br>c) Peak knee flexion moment, Nm/kg.m <br/ ><br>d) Peak knee adduction angle, degrees <br/ ><br>e) Peak knee adduction moment, Nm/kg.m <br/ ><br>f) EMG activity of the quadriceps and the hamstrings <br/ ><br>g) Hip extension moment, Nm/kg.m <br/ ><br>Timepoint: The Gait analysis parameters will be assessed prior to surgical reconstruction of ACL, and at 3 and 9 months post-operatively
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary: To find the role of preoperative gait analysis in deciding the graft choice in ACL reconstruction.Timepoint: 9 months
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