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Asymmetric Lack of Knee Flexion as a Symptom of DLM in Children

NCT04741269 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 98

Last updated 2025-12-19

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Summary

Highlighted during the clinical examination of a knee flexion asymmetry, and related to the intraoperative meniscal observations on DLM.

Search for a link between asymmetric bending defect and posterior shift in MCA-type DLM.

Analysis of all patients with symptomatic DLM.

Conditions

  • Highlights a New Clinical Sign Which Point Out a Meniscus Posterior Luxation Because of a MCA-type DLM

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Find a link between lack of knee flexion and meniscal posterior luxation fixed

Measure the full flexion angle of the knee using a goniometer. Measure the heel-buttom distance. All measurements are carried out in bilateral and comparative ways. Search for the meniscal position on MRI and intraoperatively: no shift, anterior, medial, posterior shift.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicolas CANCE, MD · Paediatric orthopaedic - Femme Mère Enfant Hospital (HFME)

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-11-01
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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