NCT05177549

Evaluation of Anterior Tibial Translation of the Knee in Healthy Women, at Two Times of the Menstrual Cycle, on Hormonal Contraceptives or Not (FLEX)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Women's participation in sports at all levels has been increasing in recent decades. Many individual and team sports are at risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This injury leads to a permanent or long-lasting interruption of sports practice and to significant medical and economic expenses. Women are recognized as being more at risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury with a risk 6 times higher than men. Hyperlaxity is a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injury, but the pathophysiological bases are little studied. Hormonal impregnation and certain periods of the menstrual cycle (ovulatory phase) are risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament injury. It therefore seems interesting to investigators to study the influence of hormonal impregnation on ligament laxity. To date no study has investigated such a relationship.

Conditions

• Ligament; Laxity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Bilateral knee examination with Lachmeter®	Bilateral knee examination with Lachmeter®. Examination repeated 3 times on each knee

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-08
• Primary completion: 2024-06-08
• Completion: 2025-02-15
• First posted: 2022-01-04
• Last updated: 2023-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France