Bracing and Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament for Efficacy Trial
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 14 – 39
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Participants needed
- 96 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Other
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About This Trial
Several attempts have been made to reduce these failure rates and improve return to sports rates in high-risk populations, and one of these approaches has been postoperative bracing. A recent survey of the Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Study Group has shown that 53% of surgeons prefers functional bracing following ACL reconstruction. Currently, however, there is no clear consensus on whether fu…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* patients with unilateral complete ACL injury
* patients involved in sports and the desire to return to sports
* patients undergoing quadriceps autograft ACL reconstruction
* must be 14 to 39 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
* multiligamentous knee injuries defined as two ligame…
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