ROCK Comprehensive Prospective Cohort for Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
University of Pennsylvania
Summary
The Cohort is a multi-site prospective data collection study that will enroll any patient with diagnosis of knee OCD (confirmed by a standard of care x-ray or MRI). Patients will be followed for up to the next 50 years of their lives to study courses of care, disease progression, treatment/surgical options/results, and specific sports-related outcomes in athletic patients. Subjects will complete quality of life surveys as part of the Cohort. Course of care will not be affected.
Description
Patients will be recruited and consented at the visit in which their eligibility is determined. Once a patient is eligible and provides informed consent, he or she will be in the study for up to 50 years, or until his or her OCD lesion is healed successfully. At the initial visit, a subject will complete a basic medical history form, and three questionnaires: the IKDC Subjective questionnaire (ages over 18) or the PEDI-IKDC Subjective questionnaire (ages under 18); the KOOS questionnaire; and the Marx Activity Scale (adult) or Pedi-FABS Scale (pediatric). Patients will then continue with thei…
Eligibility
- Age range
- Not specified
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of osteochondritis dissecans or focal articular cartilage defects as confirmed by x-ray or MRI Exclusion Criteria: * Non-confirmed diagnosis (i.e. patient does not yet have imaging confirmation)
Interventions
- OtherOther: observational only- no intervention
Other: observational only- no intervention
Location
- University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania