Use of a Novel Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Scanner for Imaging of the Patellofemoral Joint (NPF)

University at Buffalo (UB)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patellofemoral Joint

Treatments: Device: Carestream Health Inc. weight bearing cone beam CT scanner

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02762630

STUDY00000568

Details and patient eligibility

About

Healthy volunteers will have a weight bearing cone beam CT scan of their knee to assess normal alignment of the knee joint

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing and able to provide written informed consent
• Be 16 or more years of age
• Subject is able to be positioned properly in the investigational device and be still during the exam to reduce the potential of motion during the images

Exclusion criteria

• Have a history of patella instability
• Have had any type of previous knee surgery
• Have had a significant fracture of the patellofemoral joint
• Have a knee ligament injury
• Are pregnant at the time of screening or become pregnant during the study
• Have a history of high radiation exposure (i.e., undergone radiation therapy)
• Non-English speakers