Causes and Patterns of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Among Egyptian Population

ACL Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

Causes and Patterns of ACL Injuries Among Egyptian People

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03773341
• Other study ID #: ACL injuries
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: January 2019
• Est. completion date: February 2020

Study information

• Verified date: December 2018
• Source: Assiut University
• Contact: Ali Soliman Ali, MBBCh
• Phone: 00201097038046
• Email: alisuliaman-noman[@]outlook.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: February 2020
• Est. primary completion date: February 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with confirmed ACL injury

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ACL Injury
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Other:
• research questionnaire
Patient personal data History taking clinical knee examination

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assiut University

References & Publications (3)

Anderson AF, Dome DC, Gautam S, Awh MH, Rennirt GW. Correlation of anthropometric measurements, strength, anterior cruciate ligament size, and intercondylar notch characteristics to sex differences in anterior cruciate ligament tear rates. Am J Sports Med. 2001 Jan-Feb;29(1):58-66. — View Citation

Arendt E, Dick R. Knee injury patterns among men and women in collegiate basketball and soccer. NCAA data and review of literature. Am J Sports Med. 1995 Nov-Dec;23(6):694-701. Review. — View Citation

Levine JW, Kiapour AM, Quatman CE, Wordeman SC, Goel VK, Hewett TE, Demetropoulos CK. Clinically relevant injury patterns after an anterior cruciate ligament injury provide insight into injury mechanisms. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Feb;41(2):385-95. doi: 10.1177/0363546512465167. Epub 2012 Nov 9. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Patterns of ACL injuries among Egyptian population	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	one year