Epidemiological Evaluation of Knee Injuries in Children Admitted to Assiut University Hospitals From 2022 to 2025.
NCT ID: NCT07300098
Last Updated: 2025-12-23
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Basic Information
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ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
300 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2025-12-10
2026-01-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Kraus et al. divided patients according to age to infants (younger than 1 year); pre-school aged children (1-6 years); prepubertal school-aged children (7-10 years); early adolescent patients (11-14 years); late adolescent patients (15-18 years) and a five diagnosis-related groups : extraarticular soft tissue injuries, intraarticular soft tissue injuries, patella disorders, fractures, and overload injuries. They found extraarticular soft tissue injuries were most common and fractures were rare.
Skak et al found that children with ligament injuries and physeal fractures had a median age of 12 years. No lesions of the cruciate ligaments without bony avulsion were diagnosed. the most frequent cause of injuries was falls.
The most frequent traumatic injuries reported involve the cruciate and collateral ligaments (medial collateral ligament \[MCL\], posterior cruciate ligament \[PCL\], anterior cruciate ligament \[ACL\], and lateral collateral ligament \[LCL\]), menisci, and patella. Overall, females are reported to have a higher risk of sustaining a knee injury than males. Ligament injuries ,specifically ACL injuries, are among the most devastating knee injuries for young patients. Female patients have two to eight times greater risk of sustaining an ACL injury as compared with male patients. After ACL injury, there is a significant risk of developing osteoarthritis regardless of the treatment intervention, such as ACL on surgery.
The rationale of the research is to establish a data base about children less than 18 years who have knee injuries for further studies.
research and injury pattern analysis. All imaging studies stored in PACS and the operative notes and clinical data documented will be verified to enhance data validity and completeness.
The data collection process will not be limited to basic demographic and diagnostic variables. A comprehensive data abstraction form will be developed to ensure standardized retrieval of relevant clinical presentation, radiological, and final management of the patients. The extracted data will include mechanism and date of trauma, anatomical injury characteristics, associated injuries, type of management (conservative or operative), intra-operative details when applicable, radiological findings.
2.4.5 -Research outcome measures:
1. Primary (main):
The epidemiology (incidence and patterns) of knee injuries among children (\<18 years) admitted to Assiut University Hospitals between 2022 and 2025 to establish a data base about children less than 18 years who have knee injuries for further studies .and all extracted data and radiological images will be securely entered into a password-protected, anonymized electronic database (such as Red cap) to ensure confidentiality, facilitate statistical analysis, and allow future reference by the research team in compliance with institutional ethical standards.
2. Secondary (subsidiary): none
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
1 Year
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Assiut University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mohamed Mahmoud Ebrahim Abd Allah
MMEAAllah
Principal Investigators
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Nariman Abol Oyoun, associated prof
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Assiut University
Hatem Galal El-Din Zaki, prof
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Assiut University
Locations
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Assuit University
Asyut, Ass, Egypt
Countries
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References
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O'Kane JW, Neradilek M, Polissar N, Sabado L, Tencer A, Schiff MA. Risk Factors for Lower Extremity Overuse Injuries in Female Youth Soccer Players. Orthop J Sports Med. 2017 Oct 23;5(10):2325967117733963. doi: 10.1177/2325967117733963. eCollection 2017 Oct.
Arnold A, Thigpen CA, Beattie PF, Kissenberth MJ, Shanley E. Overuse Physeal Injuries in Youth Athletes. Sports Health. 2017 Mar/Apr;9(2):139-147. doi: 10.1177/1941738117690847. Epub 2017 Feb 6.
Swenson DM, Collins CL, Best TM, Flanigan DC, Fields SK, Comstock RD. Epidemiology of knee injuries among U.S. high school athletes, 2005/2006-2010/2011. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Mar;45(3):462-9. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318277acca.
Butler LS, Janosky JJ, Sugimoto D. Pediatric and Adolescent Knee Injuries: Risk Factors and Preventive Strategies. Clin Sports Med. 2022 Oct;41(4):799-820. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2022.05.011.
Skak SV, Jensen TT, Poulsen TD, Sturup J. Epidemiology of knee injuries in children. Acta Orthop Scand. 1987 Feb;58(1):78-81. doi: 10.3109/17453678709146348.
Kraus T, Svehlik M, Singer G, Schalamon J, Zwick E, Linhart W. The epidemiology of knee injuries in children and adolescents. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2012 Jun;132(6):773-9. doi: 10.1007/s00402-012-1480-0. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
Parikh SN, Shrivastava RK. Evaluation of Children with Injuries Around the Knee. Indian J Pediatr. 2016 Aug;83(8):844-51. doi: 10.1007/s12098-015-1993-y. Epub 2016 Feb 29.
Other Identifiers
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evaluation of knee injuries
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id