NCT05880277

Diagnostic POCUS of Patellar Tendinopathy in Female Athletes

Diagnostic Point of Care Ultrasound of Patellar Tendon in Female Collegiate Athletes

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Youngstown State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical effectiveness of point-of-care diagnostic ultrasound in the assessment of patellar tendon pathologies

Detailed description

Participants will receive information about the study and informed consent will be provided. Participants will voluntarily agree to be a participant in the study. Participants will sign the informed consent, and complete the POCUS demographic information sheet, if they qualify then they will have both of their patellar tendons examined through the use of the Butterfly IQ diagnostic ultrasound. Following the examination, they will complete the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Patellofemoral subscale (KOOS-PF) and then complete the study.

Conditions

• Patellofemoral Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	POCUS	Point of Care Ultrasound

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-17
• Primary completion: 2024-05-15
• Completion: 2025-05-15
• First posted: 2023-05-30
• Last updated: 2023-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study