Patient Performed Examination for Patients With Intra-articular Hip Pain

Duke University80 enrolled

Overview

The primary objective of this study is evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a patient self-administered clinical examination of the hip compared with a traditional clinical examination (i.e. index test).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hip Pain Chronic Hip Disease

Interventions

Patient Self-Administered Diagnostic ExamOTHER

Participants will complete a patient self-administered diagnostic exam. A physician will be available to monitor the patient and record findings but will not physically assist the participants.

Clinician-Performed Diagnostic ExamOTHER

A clinician-performed diagnostic exam will be completed on the patients.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age: 18-80 years * Seeking care for hip related pain and/or clicking, catching, giving way or stiffness * Able to sign or verbalize study consent * No other medical conditions (e.g. gynecological or urinary pathology) that may affect study results * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with primary lumbar spine, sacro-iliac or other non-hip related pain as determined with clinical examination * Previous hip surgery * Previous hip injury that would normally exclude from examination as standard practice * Unable to sign or verbalize consent * Other non-musculoskeletal pathology that may affect study results (e.g. gynecological or urinary pathology) * Non-English speaking

Locations (1)

Duke University Health System

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sensitivity

As measured by a questionnaire evaluating the diagnostic test's ability to identify a positive finding when the targeted diagnosis is actually present (i.e. true positive).