SEQUAR SEmitendinosus vs QUadriceps in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

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Conditions studied: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04295148

Run by

Karolinska Institutet

People needed

200

Starts

2020-02-10

Expected to finish

2035-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-18

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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
• PCL rupture or Multiligament knee injury (MLKI)
• Radiographic sign of osteoarthritis (OA)
• Previous knee surgery or ligament injury in contralateral knee
• Beighton score ≥ 5

Where it is running

• Capio Artro Clinic AB — Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden (enrolling)

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