Slipping Rib Syndrome: A Clinical Entity to Consider in Chest Pain

Slipping Rib Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Slipping Rib Syndrome: A Clinical Entity to Consider in Chest Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04226638
• Other study ID #: AMS CentroMédicoEjercicio
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 2, 2017
• Est. completion date: November 10, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: AMS Centro Medico del Ejercicio
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Slipping rib syndrome consists on false or floating ribs hypermobility, whose can force the ribs to come in contact with each other. The authors reported a fourteen case series presenting a slipping rib syndrome.

Description:

Slipping rib syndrome consists on false or floating ribs hypermobility, whose can force the ribs to come in contact with each other.

The authors reported a fourteen case series presenting a slipping rib syndrome. Mean age 35.00 ± 10.66 years old; 64.29% men.

The 10th rib level was the most predominant, affecting 64.29% of cases. Dynamic ultrasound was the gold standard diagnostic tool. Different conservative treatments were applied in most of cases.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 14
• Est. completion date: November 10, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: November 10, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients presenting costal pain around 9th, 10th, or 11th rib.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients younger than 18 years old and older than 80 years old.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chest Pain
• Slipping Rib Syndrome
• Syndrome

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Dynamic ultrasound
Diagnosis was based on clinic suspicion and positive ultrasonography dynamic maneuvers by reproducing pain and slipping rib exam

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	DCR Trauma Group. Moreres Medical Center. Clínica Sagrada Família.	Barcelona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
AMS Centro Medico del Ejercicio

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (8)

Bonasso PC, Petrus SN, Smith SD, Jackson RJ. Sternocostal slipping rib syndrome. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 Mar;34(3):331-333. doi: 10.1007/s00383-017-4221-1. Epub 2017 Dec 6. — View Citation

Lum-Hee N, Abdulla AJ. Slipping rib syndrome: an overlooked cause of chest and abdominal pain. Int J Clin Pract. 1997 Jun;51(4):252-3. — View Citation

Meuwly JY, Wicky S, Schnyder P, Lepori D. Slipping rib syndrome: a place for sonography in the diagnosis of a frequently overlooked cause of abdominal or low thoracic pain. J Ultrasound Med. 2002 Mar;21(3):339-43. — View Citation

Mooney DP, Shorter NA. Slipping rib syndrome in childhood. J Pediatr Surg. 1997 Jul;32(7):1081-2. — View Citation

Saltzman DA, Schmitz ML, Smith SD, Wagner CW, Jackson RJ, Harp S. The slipping rib syndrome in children. Paediatr Anaesth. 2001 Nov;11(6):740-3. — View Citation

Turcios NL. Slipping rib syndrome in an adolescent: an elusive diagnosis. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Sep;52(9):879-81. doi: 10.1177/0009922812469290. Epub 2012 Dec 12. — View Citation

Udermann BE, Cavanaugh DG, Gibson MH, Doberstein ST, Mayer JM, Murray SR. Slipping Rib Syndrome in a Collegiate Swimmer: A Case Report. J Athl Train. 2005 Jun;40(2):120-122. — View Citation

Van Tassel D, McMahon LE, Riemann M, Wong K, Barnes CE. Dynamic ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with suspected slipping rib syndrome. Skeletal Radiol. 2019 May;48(5):741-751. doi: 10.1007/s00256-018-3133-z. Epub 2019 Jan 5. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hypermobility level	Level of costal rib where there is hypermobility	10 minutes
Secondary	Sports	If the subject participates in some kind of sport activity	1 minute
Secondary	Pain mechanism	Pain mechanism could be "repetitive movement", "trauma" or "pregnancy"	2 minutes
Secondary	Diagnosis delay	Time of delay in have a diagnosis (in years)	1 minute