Aglietti 1994
| Methods | Treatment allocation by alternating Non blinded assessment Mean follow‐up: 28 months (1994 publication); 5.7 years (1997 publication) Loss to follow‐up: 3 (excluded from analysis) Graft re‐ruptures: not reported | |
| Participants | Italy 63 participants with chronic (> 6 months), isolated unilateral ACL tears Group allocation data for 60 participants. PT: n = 30, mean 21.5 years (14 to 33 years), 16 males / 14 females HT: n = 30, mean 23.7 years (14 to 36 years), 20 males / 10 females | |
| Interventions | Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction with: 1. Patellar tendon (number of incisions not specified; 20 mm bone blocks, proximal fixation ‐ sutures, cortical bone screw, washer; tibial fixation ‐ interference screw, sutures and cortical bone screw) versus 2. Hamstring tendon: doubled semitendinosus/gracilis tendon (4 strands; number of incisions not specified; proximal fixation ‐ cortical bone screw, washer; tibial fixation ‐ staple, sutures and cortical bone screw (in 24 cases), or sutures, screw and washer (in 6 cases)) | |
| Outcomes | Mean 28 months follow‐up for: Subjective evaluation, symptoms, range of motion, joint stability; extension loss; flexion loss; static stability with KT‐2000 (15 lb, 20 lb, 30 lb); muscle strength with Cybex II (60, 120, 180 deg/sec); level of activity (based on function, intensity, and return to sport); objective stability; patellofemoral symptoms; pivot shift (absent/glide/jerk/subluxation) | |
| Notes | No additional methodological information or individual patient data were received from the authors. | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | High risk | Alternating patients. |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | High risk | |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | High risk | Three patients lost to follow‐up not accounted for in analysis. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | High risk | Did not report re‐ruptures, contralateral ruptures or withdrawals. |
| Other bias | Unclear risk | Unclear |