Longitudinal Follow-up of Male Soccer Players Prone to Developing CAM Hip Deformity

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

27 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-01

Study Completion Date

2024-05-15

Brief Summary

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Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a clinical problem in which abnormal contact occurs between the thighbone and the hip socket. In intensive, mostly still young, male athletes, this problem seems to be related to a bony deformity on the head of this thighbone, a so-called CAM. FAI itself gives rise to pain symptoms, but in time can even lead to premature osteoarthritis. However, the cause of a CAM deformity itself, nor how FAI then arises, is insufficiently known. In view of FAI prevention and its better treatment, this project thus tries to better understand the underlying mechanisms. For this purpose, we will combine detailed biomechanical evaluations of specific movement patterns with advanced medical imaging and state of the art clinical evaluations to longitudinally follow up a group with a known high risk of developing a CAM deformity, being young male elite soccer players. Findings within this study will be additionally compared with similar analyses performed in patients with FAI. This research aims to thus form a basis to define novel (sports-specific) training schemes for the prevention of FAI, but also to define the actual treatment and rehabilitation plans in more patient-specific and a better-informed way.

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Detailed Description

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This is a longitudinal follow-up study in which subjects are invited for data collection twice, the baseline time-point and the two years time-point.

Population:

12-16 years old male soccer players (40 elite level players , and 40 recreational level players)

In both data collection time-points the following measurements are preformed:

1. Clinical screening of hip joint
2. Radial MRI of bilateral hips
3. Biplanar and conventional x-ray Imaging of hip and pelvic region
4. Athlete-specific 3D motion analysis
5. Questionnaires on injury history and physical activity levels.

Conditions

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Femoro Acetabular Impingement CAM

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Elite Soccer Players

Adolescent male aged 12-16 years old elite athletes that are recruited from special sport school in Leuven-Belgium and play football at a high level.

bi-planer radiography (EOS), Conventional radiography (Hip+pelvis)

Intervention Type RADIATION

low dose radiation medical imaging to visualise the hip joint and lumbo-pelvic complex specifically.

Recreational Soccer players (control)

Adolescent male aged 12-16 years old recruited from ordinary school in Flanders Belgium that play soccer or any other sport recreationally with no high intensity training

bi-planer radiography (EOS), Conventional radiography (Hip+pelvis)

Intervention Type RADIATION

low dose radiation medical imaging to visualise the hip joint and lumbo-pelvic complex specifically.

Interventions

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bi-planer radiography (EOS), Conventional radiography (Hip+pelvis)

low dose radiation medical imaging to visualise the hip joint and lumbo-pelvic complex specifically.

Intervention Type RADIATION

Other Intervention Names

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Clinical Screening Motion Analysis

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* For the the Elite Group: Playing soccer at high level and training for more that 10 hours a week
* For the Control group: Playing soccer or any other sport recreationally for a less than 5 hours a week

Exclusion Criteria

* No prior history of major trauma or injury to the lower limbs and spine
* No prior history of neurological conditions that can effect movement and mobility

Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No