CT Analysis of the Patellofemoral Joint in Patients Having Knee Surgery (PF)

University at Buffalo (UB)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patellar (or Kneecap) Instability and Mal-alignment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02257099

655951-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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