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Assessing the Tendons With Shear Wave Elastography
Led by Emory University · Updated on 2025-08-14
150
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
435 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to utilize Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) to study the viscoelastic properties of tendons to understand the functional differences between normal/asymptomatic and symptomatic tendon states. The study will also assess the degree of tendon healing following standard of care treatment.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Assessing the Tendons With Shear Wave Elastography
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients presenting at the study location with lower extremity pain without tendon involvement (asymptomatic volunteers)
- Patients presenting at the study location with a clinical diagnosis of tenalgia (symptomatic volunteers)
- Diagnosis of tendinopathy confirmed by ultrasound (symptomatic volunteers)
You will not qualify if you...
- Pregnancy
- History of tendinopathy or surgery and morphologic abnormalities
- History of systemic, metabolic, endocrine diseases, or psoriasis
- History of treatment with corticosteroids, estrogens, long term quinolone antibiotics, and cholesterol drugs
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30329
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
D
David Reiter, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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