nderstanding the disease process of young patients with a meniscal tear of the knee and response to treatment
- Conditions
- Presentation, treatment, and recovery for a meniscal tear of the kneeMusculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11534691
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Warwick
- Brief Summary
2020 protocol in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32660954/ (added 05/03/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
1. Provision of written informed consent
2. Age 18 – 55 years
3. Presence of a MRI confirmed meniscal tear
1. Anterior cruciate ligament or other major knee ligament injury. This does not include a previous unrelated healed medial collateral ligament tear or a meniscal root tear (which is considered a type of meniscal tear in this study)
2. Associated intra-articular fracture of the tibial plateau or femur. Previous fractures not thought to be related to the tear are not an exclusion criteria for the study
3. Previous knee surgery
4. Previous entry into the present study (i.e other knee)
5. Unable to provide informed consent or undertake study procedures
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Meniscal tear disease-specific quality of life measured using the Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET) at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Knee injury impact on person measured using the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis outcome score 4 (KOOS) at baseline and 12 months<br> 2. Quality of life measured using the EQ-5D-5L at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months<br> 3. Participant perception of improvement measured using the Patient global assessment of change (PGIC) at 3, 6 and 12 months<br> 4. Surgery for the meniscal tear (yes/no) measured by self-report at 3, 6 and 12 months<br>