Patient Performed Examination for Patients With Intra-articular Hip Pain

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Disease; Hip Pain Chronic

Treatments: Other: Clinician-Performed Diagnostic Exam; Other: Patient Self-Administered Diagnostic Exam

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03248934

Pro00082395

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this study is evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a patient self-administered clinical examination of the hip compared with a traditional clinical examination (i.e. index test).

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: 18-80 years
• Seeking care for hip related pain and/or clicking, catching, giving way or stiffness
• Able to sign or verbalize study consent
• No other medical conditions (e.g. gynecological or urinary pathology) that may affect study results
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with primary lumbar spine, sacro-iliac or other non-hip related pain as determined with clinical examination
• Previous hip surgery
• Previous hip injury that would normally exclude from examination as standard practice
• Unable to sign or verbalize consent
• Other non-musculoskeletal pathology that may affect study results (e.g. gynecological or urinary pathology)
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Patient Self-Administered Exam Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with hip pain presenting in the hip preservation clinics will be asked to complete two diagnostic exams. Participants with hip pain will first complete a patient self-administered diagnostic exam.

Treatment:

Other: Patient Self-Administered Diagnostic Exam

Clinician-Performed Exam Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants with hip pain presenting in the hip preservation clinics will be asked to complete two diagnostic exams. Participants with hip pain will next complete a clinician-performed diagnostic exam.

Treatment:

Other: Clinician-Performed Diagnostic Exam