3D Kinematic Assessment of the Human Knee During Physical and Daily Life Activities

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: 3D Knee Kinematics

Treatments: Device: 3D knee kinematic assessment under local anesthesia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01661647

CE 12.005

Details and patient eligibility

About

Problem : Precise and personalized 3D knee kinematic assessment during physical and daily life activities is a challenge; therefore, it was never performed on an important number of individuals. However, a better understanding of 3D knee kinematics during such activities would allow a better understanding of this often injured joint.

Hypothesis: A new system using personalized 3D bone imaging and a percutaneous bone fixation device that can be used under local anesthesiaallows for precise and reproducible assessment of 3D knee kinematics during physical and daily life activities.

Objectives :

• To study human knee 3D kinematics during dynamic activities using a novel minimally invasive measuring system
• Investigate the correlations between standard clinical knee laxity tests and measured 3D knee kinematics during dynamic activities

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients awaiting knee arthroscopy under local anesthesia for a medial meniscal tear

Exclusion criteria

• Active infection
• Severe swelling of the knee
• Knee flexion contracture
• Knee flexion less than 120 degrees
• Gross limping
• Inability to perform the various motor tasks required by the study protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

3D knee kinematic assessment

Experimental group

Description:

3D knee kinematic assessment under local anesthesia

Treatment:

Device: 3D knee kinematic assessment under local anesthesia