Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis; changes in gait, balance and muscle activity patterns in patients treated with single screw in situ fixation investigated using Computer Assisted Rehabilitation ENvironment (CAREN).
- Conditions
- slipped capital femoral epiphysisslipped upper femoral epiphysis10005959
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON47534
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 25
* Age between 8 and 21 years.
* Unilateral stable SCFE, with clinical and radiological confirmation and lateral slip angles ranging from mild (LSA <30°), moderate (LSA 30°-50°) to severe (LSA >50°) based on the method of Southwick.
* Treatment of the slip with single screw in situ fixation in the last ten years, with no evidence of major complications related to the procedure like chondrolysis, avascular necrosis and infection or slip progression.
* Follow up at our institution for at least one year.
* Ability to walk 30 minutes without aid.
* Able to speak, understand and read the Dutch language.
* Clinical or radiological evidence of a contralateral slip or an endocrinopathy as underlying cause of SCFE.
* Revision surgery.
* Other pathology leading to gait alterations.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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