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Evaluation of patellofemoral arthropathy with a new quantitative pressure method: a diagnostic test study

Evaluation of patellofemoral arthropathy with a new quantitative pressure method: a diagnostic test study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2200062612
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2022-08-14
Start date
2022-08-14
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-04-12

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Patellofemoral Arthropathy

Interventions

Index test:MOAKS&#32
score&#32
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K&L&#32

Sponsors

Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Difficulty in going downstairs and squatting, obvious pain in bending knees, and simple patellofemoral joint pain in clinical manifestations; 2. The full-length X-ray films of both lower limbs showed no abnormal force line of lower limbs; 3. MRI showed a coarse and defective cartilage surface of the patella and femoral trochlea, which confirmed simple patellofemoral osteoarthritis without tibiofemoral joint involvement; 4. Aged >= 45 years; 5. Sign the informed consent for treatment and be willing to cooperate with the treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Autoimmune diseases; 2. Serious primary diseases of the cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, and hematopoietic systems; 3. Patients with mental illness; 4. Patients who underwent knee surgery within 6 months; 5. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory knee diseases.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
pressure value;MOAKS score and K&L score;K&L score;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Lysholm knee function score;Range of motion of the knee;visual analogue scale;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactKe Lu

Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University

sgu8434@sina.com+86 15050274780

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026