Varus knee deviation - selection bias or due to football exposure?
Recruiting
- Conditions
- M17Gonarthrosis [arthrosis of knee]
- Registration Number
- DRKS00020446
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Regensburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1600
Inclusion Criteria
football training on regular basis in registrated team, training on regular basis in other discipline in registrated team, non-sportsmen/-women
Exclusion Criteria
relevant or current injuries or complaints of the lower extremity, relevant former knee injuries (chronic instability, osteoarthritis, acute knee injuries), former orthopaedic surgeries on hip, knee or ankle. congenital or genetic musculoskeletal deformities or disabilities of the lower extremity.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measurement of Intercondylar or/and intermalleolar distance with caliper, measurement of knee alignment ultrasound- and fotograph-assisted to measure prevalence
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method second aim is to determine the risk factors of varus knee alignment through cross-sectional analysis with the control groups