gewricht en kraakbeen cartilage damage osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers: Adults (> 18 years old) and mentally competent. No ulnar sided wrist pain, previous surgery or trauma of the wrist.;Patients: Adults (>18 years old) and mentally competent. Symptomatic DRUJ complaints regarding cartilage damage, OA or pre-OA. Patients that will undergo DRUJ replacement surgery (ulnar head prosthesis) or have DRUJ instability.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: o Impossibility to undergo MRI (claustrophobia, implants or metal objects in or around the body that are not accepted for ultra high field strength MRI) o
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main study parameter/endpoint is the DRUJ cartilage quality. Healthy cartilage and injured cartilage will be compared on the 7T MR images, descriptively for morphology and quantitatively for composition. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Investigate the trend in correlation of qualitative imaging to: - Pain. - Disability. - Range of motion. - Healthy versus OA patients. - Assess reproducibility in obtaining the quantified imaging parameters. | — |
Countries
Netherlands