CompletedNot Applicable

CT Analysis of the Patellofemoral Joint in Patients Having Knee Surgery

United States20 participantsStarted 2015-02

Plain-language summary

The primary hypothesis is that measures of patellofemoral alignment obtained from the investigational cone beam CT scanner will be reduced, but still correlated to those obtained from the conventional CT scan.

Who can participate

Age range16 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who have been diagnosed with acute or chronic patellar malalignment. * At least 16 years old * Be willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Open growth plates * Previous knee surgery on the affected knee * Pregnancy (females) * Fracture of the patellofemoral joint * Knee ligament injury (other than medial patellofemoral ligament) * Have greater than Grade II degenerative changes of the patellofemoral joint * Inability to bear weight on the extremity during the CT scan

What they're measuring

Congruence Angle CBCT

Timeframe: Baseline

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02257099

SponsorState University of New York at Buffalo

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2016-02

Results submitted2016-04-14

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