A Study to Evaluate 4DCT Controls

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wrist Ligament and Bone Disorders

Treatments: Device: 4DCT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04736537

20-007668

R01AR071338 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to use CT motion pictures (4DCT) to visualize and record how much space there is between certain wrist joint bones, both without any resistance and with light resistance to the movement, during a single scanning visit.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criterion:

• Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 60 years.
• Control subjects without any history of wrist injury or disease.

Exclusion Criteria (applied to both wrists for control subjects):

• Previously-diagnosed rheumatological conditions or connective tissue diseases;
• Inability to be appropriately positioned in the scanner for the imaging;
• Congenital malformations of the wrist or forearm;
• Diagnosed wrist osteoarthritis
• Age under 18 or over 60.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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31 participants in 1 patient group

Healthy Controls

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: 4DCT