A new patellar misalignment measurement device: Dismetrometro

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000536460

Enrollment

100

Registered

2007-10-19

Start date

1997-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The Dismetrometro is an instrument for measuring misalignments. Using this instrument, we carried out the statistical measurement of the misalignment of the patellar upper borders. During our study we assessed 100 healthy individuals using the Dismetrometro device. Each individual had a negative anamnesis for orthopaedic pathologies of the lower limbs. The average measurement of the vertical distance between the two sides was 6.9 +/- 0.5 mm (S.D). This measurement is irrespective of gender and age, repeatable over a period of time and reproducible between different operators.

Interventions

Asymmetries in the lower limbs are easy to see at patellar level as a longitudinal misalignment of the patellar borders. A statistical measurement of this misalignment has never been carried out. In this study, we have used a new instrument, invented by us, to measure the longitudinal misalignment of the upper borders of the patella. This instrument has been called "Dismetrometro". The name "Dismetrometro" comes from the term dysmetria. The Dismetrometro is an instrument for measuring misalignments. Using our instrument in this study, we carried out the statistical measurement of the misalignment of the patellar borders. During our study we assessed 100 healthy individuals using the Dismetrometro device. Each individual had a negative anamnesis for orthopaedic pathologies of the lower limbs. Data collection was been completed in one month.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to -2147483648 No limit

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

healthy subject,with a negative anamnesis for muscular or bone-relevant trauma in the last 3 years

Exclusion criteria

congenital malformation and other musculoskeletal or neurologically-known pathologies

Outcome results