MRI Findings of Epiphyseal Growth Plate in Healthy Children

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: OCD - Osteochondritis Dissecans

Treatments: Device: MRI

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03190200

ORTHOSURG-2017-25849

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine if by using MRI changes can be identified changes early on in the knees of young children that may be at risk for developing osteochondritis dissecans. If MRI can identify changes then better council can be offered about the risks of future activity and treatment options.

Full description

Each subject will be asked to undergo an MRI at enrollment, six,12, and 18 months. Subjects will be monitored for evidence of osteochondritis dissecans in order to determine if we can identify it and then create a treatment program to allow these children to avoid developing definitive disease

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

6-10-year-old children with a sibling with known OCD and 6-10-year-old children with a known OCD in the contralateral knee

Exclusion criteria

Unable to undergo an MRI

Trial design

7 participants in 1 patient group

MRI

Description:

Subjects with healthy knees

Treatment:

Device: MRI