This study is currently recruiting participants.
Number
03-CC-0060
Sponsoring Institute
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Recruitment Detail
Type: Participants currently recruited/enrolled Gender: Male & Female Min Age: 5 Years Max Age: 95 Years
Referral Letter Required
No
Population Exclusion(s)
Pregnant Women
Keywords
Patello-Femoral; Knee; Motion; MRI; Kinematics; Natural History
Recruitment Keyword(s)
None
Condition(s)
Abnormalities; Imaging; Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Investigational Drug(s)
Investigational Device(s)
Intervention(s)
Supporting Site
NIH Clinical Center
Healthy normal volunteers must be age 5 to unlimited, with or without joint impairment, may be eligible for this study. Volunteers with joint impairment may not have serious injury to the joint being studied, previous surgery on the joint being studied, or extreme pain at the joint being studied.
MRI uses a strong magnet and radio waves to create images of the inside of the body. The subject lies on a long narrow couch inside a metal cylinder (the scanner) for up to 3 hours while the scanner gathers data. Earplugs are worn to muffle loud noises caused by electrical switching of radiofrequency circuits used in the scanning process. A special pad or tube may be placed over or around the region being scanned to improve the quality of the data. The subject will be asked to repeatedly move a specific joint, such as the knee, for brief periods, usually less than 5 minutes. The subject can communicate via intercom with the person performing the study at all times during the procedure, and may request to stop the study at any time.
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INCLUSION CRITERIA: - All individuals must be between ages of 5 to 95. For subjects under 18 years of age, they must be capable of giving assent with a parent or legal guardian providing parental/guardian permission - For subjects ages 18 and above, they must be able to provide informed consent. Subjects will either be healthy controls or affected individuals with a specific musculoskeletal impairment, pathology, or variant. EXCLUSION CRITERIA - HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS: - Any relevant medical problems (connective tissue problems, active arthritis, etc.) - Any clinical signs of an impairment in the joint being studied, such as mechanical joint abnormalities including abnormal range of motion, muscle weakness, malalignment. - Any serious injury to the joint being studied, previous surgery on the joint being studied or extreme pain at the joint being studied. EXCLUSION CRITERIA - ALL VOLUNTEERS: All potentials volunteers for the MR imaging portion of this study must complete the NIH Diagnostic Radiology screening questionnaire. If any potential contraindication is found, either the volunteer's doctor (with knowledge of the potential contraindication) or the radiology department at the NIH will be contacted to determine if the potential contraindication would exclude them from the specific MR scans being proposed. Volunteers will be excluded if it is deemed that they have a condition, which would preclude them from participating in an MR study (e.g. paralyzed hemidiaphragm, morbid obesity, claustrophobia). Lastly, females who are pregnant will be excluded from participating in this study in order to prevent any possible damage to the fetus.
- All individuals must be between ages of 5 to 95. For subjects under 18 years of age, they must be capable of giving assent with a parent or legal guardian providing parental/guardian permission
- For subjects ages 18 and above, they must be able to provide informed consent. Subjects will either be healthy controls or affected individuals with a specific musculoskeletal impairment, pathology, or variant.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA - HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS:
- Any relevant medical problems (connective tissue problems, active arthritis, etc.)
- Any clinical signs of an impairment in the joint being studied, such as mechanical joint abnormalities including abnormal range of motion, muscle weakness, malalignment.
- Any serious injury to the joint being studied, previous surgery on the joint being studied or extreme pain at the joint being studied.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA - ALL VOLUNTEERS:
All potentials volunteers for the MR imaging portion of this study must complete the NIH Diagnostic Radiology screening questionnaire. If any potential contraindication is found, either the volunteer's doctor (with knowledge of the potential contraindication) or the radiology department at the NIH will be contacted to determine if the potential contraindication would exclude them from the specific MR scans being proposed.
Volunteers will be excluded if it is deemed that they have a condition, which would preclude them from participating in an MR study (e.g. paralyzed hemidiaphragm, morbid obesity, claustrophobia).
Lastly, females who are pregnant will be excluded from participating in this study in order to prevent any possible damage to the fetus.
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