Is there an association between wrist or hand complaints and radiological imaging findings?
Recruiting
- Conditions
- hand-wrist pathology
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24562
- Lead Sponsor
- Reinier de Graaf Hospital, department of orthopedic surgery and department of radiology/Erasmus Medical Center, department of general practice
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 438
Inclusion Criteria
? A new patients who will undergo a radiography of their wrist and/or hand;
? Referral to the radiology department of the RdGG for radiography;
? Age 18 years or over;
? Signed informed consent (see E2 submission request);
? Main problem concerns wrist and/or hand complaints.
Exclusion Criteria
? Not mastering the Dutch or English language;
? Patients who have undergone imaging of their wrist and/or hand over the past 12 months because of ipsilateral complaints;
? Incapable of understanding the ramifications of participation;
? Wrist or hand infection (osteomyelitis);
? Pre-existent neurological pathology in the affected limb;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main study endpoint is the incidence of wrist and/or hand pathologies on radiography in adult patients (= 18 year).<br>Traumatic and non-traumatic diagnosed abnormalities on radiography at baseline are:<br>? wrist or hand fracture characteristics (fracture type, location);<br>? wrist or hand osteoarthritis characteristics (osteoarthritis score, location);<br>? no abnormalities (no fracture or osteoarthritis) were diagnosed by radiography examination.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method