Scoring System of Structural Damage for the Hip in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (hip index)

University Tunis El Manar

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Hip

Treatments: Radiation: pelvic radiograph

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05206968

5981

Details and patient eligibility

About

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic inflammatory disease in children affecting mobility and physical function. The hip involvement represents a frequent complication in JIA patients. The assessment of hip damage becomes a mandatory step in disease monitoring. However, radiological scoring was not standardized. This study aimed to compare the two scoring systems previously proposed, examine their repeatability and their intra and inter agreement.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All included patient followed the ILAR criteria of JIA and have a hip involvement. This later was defined as the presence of rang motion limitation, and abnormal findings in pelvic radiographic, or ultrasound or MRI in the coxo-femoral joint.

Exclusion criteria

• The presence of a contraindication to the performance of conventional radiography any disease affecting cognition Patients who have had surgery on the hip