Evaluation of the anterior talofibular ligament by ultrasonography

Evaluation of the anterior talofibular ligament by ultrasonography - Evaluation of the anterior talofibular ligament by ultrasonography

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000043086

Enrollment

480

Registered

2021-01-22

Start date

2020-03-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

ankle sprain

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients who have received sufficient explanation for participation in this study and have given written informed consent of their own free will with full understanding. (2) Patients who have no history of repetitive ankle sprain as a target group (3) Patients who are less than 50 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with a history of recurrent ankle sprains (2) Patients with acute ankle joint diseases (initial ankle sprain, ankle joint infection, etc.) (3) Those with a history of surgery for the foot and ankle diseases (4) Those who have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis of the ankle. (5) Those who are considered inappropriate for the participation to this study by the investigators

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Length of the ATFL under unstressed, under manual maximum ankle inversion stress, and under manual anterior drawer stress.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1)Relationship between the length of ATFL and the sex, age and the foot size 2)Inter-rater reliability in ultrasonographic evaluation	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTakuji Yokoe

University of MIYAZAKI Department of orthopaedic surgery, Faculty of medicine

takuji_yokoe@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp0985-85-0986

Outcome results