Clinical trial NCT04226638: Slipping Rib Syndrome: A Clinical Entity to Consider in Chest Pain
Official title: Slipping Rib Syndrome: A Clinical Entity to Consider in Chest Pain
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Slipping Rib Syndrome
Keywords: Slipping rib syndrome
dynamic ultrasound
Lead sponsor: AMS Centro Medico del Ejercicio
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-01-13
Enrollment: 14
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients affected with Slipping rib syndrome

Brief summary: Slipping rib syndrome consists on false or floating ribs hypermobility, whose can force the ribs to come in contact with each other. The authors reported a fourteen case series presenting a slipping rib syndrome.

Detailed description: Slipping rib syndrome consists on false or floating ribs hypermobility, whose can force the ribs to come in contact with each other.

The authors reported a fourteen case series presenting a slipping rib syndrome. Mean age 35.00 ± 10.66 years old; 64.29% men.

The 10th rib level was the most predominant, affecting 64.29% of cases. Dynamic ultrasound was the gold standard diagnostic tool. Different conservative treatments were applied in most of cases.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients presenting costal pain around 9th, 10th, or 11th rib.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients younger than 18 years old and older than 80 years old.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Hypermobility level
timeFrame: 10 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Sports
timeFrame: 1 minute
measure: Pain mechanism
timeFrame: 2 minutes
measure: Diagnosis delay
timeFrame: 1 minute
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Barcelona
country: Spain
facility: DCR Trauma Group. Moreres Medical Center. Clínica Sagrada Família.
Study officials:
affiliation: Consell Català de l'Esport. Generalitat de l'Esport. Barcelona. Spain.
name: Ramón Balius
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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