Causes and Patterns of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Among Egyptian Population

Causes and Patterns of ACL Injuries Among Egyptian People

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03773341

Enrollment

500

Registered

2018-12-12

Start date

2019-01-31

Completion date

2020-02-29

Last updated

2018-12-12

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Conditions

ACL Injury

Keywords

ACL injury, non sport causes, Egyptians

Brief summary

The aim of work is to detect the patterns and the causes of ACL injury among Egyptian population and to identify its risk factors. Identify the male to female ratio of injuries in our community. To document the patterns and frequencies of associated injuries

Detailed description

The ACL (Anterior Cruciate ligament) is one of the most frequently injured ligaments of the knee, with a prevalence estimated to be 1 in 3000 in the US (greater than 120000 cases annually). ACL injury frequently affects young, active individuals. It is also frequently associated with other structural injuries in the Knee joint like meniscal tears and multi-ligamentous injuries. ACL injury leads to increased laxity in the knee, predispose the knee to subsequent injuries and early onset osteoarthritis of the knee. Sports related trauma is the commonest cause of ACL rupture. Females are reported to have 2 to 10-fold higher risk of injury than males playing the same sport. According to previous studies at Assuit University Hospital the impression was that the ACL injuries are more common in males than females. Additionally, non-sports injuries like motor cycle accidents and domestic injuries are expected to be a major cause of ACL rupture, besides sports injuries, among Egyptian population.

Interventions

OTHERresearch questionnaire

Patient personal data History taking clinical knee examination

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with confirmed ACL injury

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with ACL injury associated with fracture at the same limb

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Patterns of ACL injuries among Egyptian population	one year	Detection of patterns of ACL injuries among 500 Egyptian patient older than 18 years old and younger than 60 years old e.g valgus stress, faulty landing and whether the injury is sport related or not through a validated research questionnaire

Contacts

Primary ContactAli Soliman Ali, MBBCh

alisuliaman-noman@outlook.com00201097038046

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026