Assessment of local tibial bone health in an athletic population at risk for medial tibial tibial stress syndrome: a prospective cohort study
- Conditions
- shin splints10005959
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON40670
- Lead Sponsor
- Bergman Clinics
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 128
Inclusion Criteria
All healthy students (>=16 years), without a history of cruris fractures, will be eligible for inclusion. Those students having lower leg pain within a week prior to study's commencement, will be excluded.
Exclusion Criteria
History with crural fractures; lower leg pain within a week prio to study's commencement
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Incidence of MTSS<br /><br>Local tibial bone health as expressed in Speed of Sound (meters / seconds)</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Those subjects that develop MTSS are asked to fill out the newly developed<br /><br>patient reported outcome measure The MTSS-score. This outcome measure<br /><br>consists of items that evaluate pain, pain and limitation in activities of<br /><br>daily life and sports activities.<br /><br><br /><br>Reliability study:<br /><br><br /><br>Intraclass correlation coefficient for intra-rater and inter-rater reliability<br /><br>Standard error of measurement<br /><br>Smallest detectable change on the individual and group level.</p><br>