Diagnostic POCUS of Patellar Tendinopathy in Female Athletes

Youngstown State University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Patellofemoral Disorder

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: POCUS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05880277

YoungstownSU

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical effectiveness of point-of-care diagnostic ultrasound in the assessment of patellar tendon pathologies

Full description

Participants will receive information about the study and informed consent will be provided. Participants will voluntarily agree to be a participant in the study. Participants will sign the informed consent, and complete the POCUS demographic information sheet, if they qualify then they will have both of their patellar tendons examined through the use of the Butterfly IQ diagnostic ultrasound. Following the examination, they will complete the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Patellofemoral subscale (KOOS-PF) and then complete the study.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-25 yr. old female student-athletes who participate in jump-centric activities

Exclusion criteria

• anyone who does not fit the inclusion criteria (18-25 yr old female student-athletes who participate in jump-centric activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Jumping

Experimental group

Description:

Female jumping collegiate athletes

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: POCUS