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The Roles of MRI, DYNEELAX and Stress X-ray in First-Line Diagnosis of Cruciate Ligament Injury

NCT06259773 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2024-02-14

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Summary

Background: Cruciate ligament tears are clinically diagnosed by detection of anterior or posterior tibial translation on physical examination; however, this manual method of assessment is imprecise, subjective, and not reproducible. Recently a new instrument, a stress radiographic device and knee stability test (DYNEELAX), were produced to objectively measure these displacements.

Objective: To assess new diagnostic methods, in the measurement of anterior/posterior tibial translation in cruciate ligament-deficient knee compared to the healthy knee.

Material and method: The MRI, stress radiographic device and knee stability test was applied to cruciate ligament-tear knees that were diagnosed by physical examination as having partial or complete cruciate ligament tears. Each knee was tested under a force 120 Newtons in a posterior to anterior direction to create anterior tibial translation at 20 degrees knee flexion. Side-to-side difference of anterior/posterior tibial translation (mm) was measured from radiographs. Measurement of rotation and translation by DYNEELAX was also recorded.

Conditions

  • Knee Injuries
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
  • Knee Ligament Injury
  • Knee Arthritis

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

knee stability test (DYNEELAX)

Each knee was tested under a force 120 Newtons in a posterior to anterior direction to create anterior tibial translation at 20 degrees knee flexion. Side-to-side difference of anterior/posterior tibial translation (mm) was measured from radiographs. Measurement of rotation and translation by DYNEELAX was also recorded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yi Ping Wei, Dr. · Kaohsiung veteran general hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-01
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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