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CREST: Capsular Repair During Hip Arthroscopy
Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ; Rochester, MN
Capsular REpair randomiSed controlled Trial (CREST) is a multi-center, randomized controlled trial with a sample size of 240 patients (120 patients in each group). The primary outcome measure is functional outcome as measured by the change in Hip Outcome Score at 6 months with secondary outcomes being hip range of motion, i-HOT 12, overall satisfaction, and VAS. Patients are stratified based on gender. Patients, outcome assessors, and data analysts are blinded to surgical allocation. Using an intention-to-treat approach, outcome analyses will be performed using an analysis of covariance and descriptive statistics.
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Identification of Predictors for Clinical Outcomes in Femoroacetabular Impingement Surgery
Rochester, MN
The purpose of this study is to improve the surgical treatment outcomes of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), which is affecting an increasing number of military personnel and young active individuals in the general population. The proposed study will investigate critical patient, disease, and surgical treatment predictors of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) surgery outcomes.
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A Study to Assess Asymptomatic Adolescents with Limited Hip Range of Motion
Rochester, MN
The purpose of this study is to document the effects of clinical and/or x-ray abnormalities of the hip suggestive of femoroacetabular impingement (a structural deformity in the hip joint) of asymptomatic adolescents to see if they show progression of their first pathology findings on MRI, after 5 years of follow up.