Reliability of Clinical Limb-length Measurements Methods

Completed

• Conditions: Leg Length Inequality
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: EOS; Diagnostic Test: Clinical limb length measurements

• Registration Number: NCT05122533
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pecs

Brief Summary

There are numerous ways to measure limb length discrepancy in the clinical practice, although their reliability and accuracy are not well known. In our prospective diagnostic study we aimed to test the most popular methods and compare their results to EOS 3D reconstructions data.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-04
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-16
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2023-11-29
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-08
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: 18-30 years
• BMI: < 30
• Without orthopaedic complaint

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous surgery on lower limb or spine
• Developmental disorder in the patients history

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Study group	EOS	18-30 year-old, healthy volunteers * Age: 18-30 years * BMI: \<30 * No previous surgery on lower limb or spine * No known developmental disorder * Without any orthopaedic complaint
Study group	Clinical limb length measurements	18-30 year-old, healthy volunteers * Age: 18-30 years * BMI: \<30 * No previous surgery on lower limb or spine * No known developmental disorder * Without any orthopaedic complaint

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Radiological limb length	6 months	Limb length based on SterEOS 3D measurement
Intra- and interobserver reliability of the clinical lower limb measurements methods	6 months	Intra- and interobserver reliability of clinical length measuring methods will be calculated using the 3 separated measurement of the 3 observers.
Accuracy of the clinical lower limb measurements methods	6 months	Comparing the results of the radiological and clinical limb length results using the third measurement of the observers.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universtify of Pecs, Department of Orthopaedics; 🇭🇺 Pécs, Baranya, Hungary