Taylor 2006

Trial name or title	A comparison of patellar tendon and hamstring tendons for ACL reconstruction using similar femoral and tibial fixation methods: A randomized clinical trial
Methods	Randomized controlled trial
Participants	64 Patients: 32 PT 32 HT Military patients 11 females, 53 males
Interventions	PT 10 mm endobutton and bioscrew femoral fixation; Tibial fixation bioscrew and sutures over screw and washer HT quadruple ST and Grac with same fixation as PT
Outcomes	Lysholm; SANE; IKDC subjective and objective; KOOS; recurrence of instability; re‐injury; return to activity; heel height diff; ROM; thigh girth; single leg hop distance and time; Biodex at 60 and 300 deg/sec; KT 2000; X‐rays at 2 years;
Starting date	August 2000 to May 2003
Contact information	dean.taylor@duke.edu; Phone (919) 684‐6603
Notes	Still getting follow‐up information; not yet published (in 2008).