Primary outcome: Re-rupture rate at 2 years Secondary outcomes: International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Knee Evaluation Form, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), Marx Activity Scale, SANE, and self report pain visual analog scale (VAS), Return to Sport Questionnaire from Smith paper, and MRI. Collection of outcomes will be done either in person, electronic survey, or over phone preoperatively, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months. Return to Sport Questionnaire will be done at 24 months. MRI at 1 year.
The choice of autograft for ACL reconstruction continues to be debated. To date, there has only be one completed randomized controlled trial with quad tendon to BTB and the tendon included a bone plug. There has been no study to date comparing an all soft tissue quad tendon to patellar tendon in a randomized controlled trial for ACL reconstruction.