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NCT Number: NCT05654168

Muscular Morphological Ultrasound Epidemiological Study in Dance Professionals

This research will determine the presence of groin pain in professional dancers, through a specific questionnaire on the hip joint. Two groups will be formed made up of dancers over 18 years of age, men and women; one with groin pain and one without groin pain. All participants will undergo a functional muscle ultrasound study, where the thickness of the abdominal muscles, lumbar multifidus and gluteus medius and minor will be evaluated, and the relationship between ultrasound neuromuscular changes and groin pain will be verified

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Key information

Conditions

Femoracetabular Impingement Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Miguel Angel Alcocer Ojeda

Madrid, 28054, Spain

About this study

The objective of the study is to shed light on the to the complexity of the Diagnosis that Groin Pain (GP) encloses, it is proposed to evaluate with Functional Muscular Ultrasonography Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging (RUSI), the layer thickness of the gluteal musculature of the hip and the abdominal and lumbar muscles on a sample of professional dancers over 18 years of age with GP to check if there are differences with professional dancers without GP.

Expected goals:

  • Identify the presence of GP in professional dancers.
  • To compare the ultrasound characteristics of the neuromuscular system between a sample of dancers with GP and a sample of dancers no GP.
  • Verify the relationship between ultrasound neuromuscular changes with GP.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Volunteer Professional dancers 18 years or older, and no maximum age limits

Exclusion criteria

  • Not signing the informed consent

Treatment and study plan

Imaging

Diagnostic Test

The thickness of the musculature to be studied will be measured with ultrasonography

Primary outcomes

  1. RUSI. (REHABILITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING)

    Time frame: Five months

    Taking measurements of the layer thickness of abdominal, lumbar and gluteal muscle groups will be performed, with Toshiba's Nemio XG equipment using a multifrequency convex probe from 3 to 6 MGz.

Secondary outcomes

  1. HAGOS questionnaire

    Time frame: Five months

    Correlate the HAGOS questionnaire with the thicknesses of layer of the different muscle groups analyzed at rest and in contraction in the group with Groin Pain and in the group without Groin pain.

Other outcomes

  1. One- Way ANCOVA

    Time frame: Five months

    One-way ANCOVA will used to compare quantitative muscle ultrasound (QMUS) variables in hip with or without groin pain, controlling for effects of clinical covariates Regression models will used to study the relationship between time of evolution (and if necessary, logarithmic transform will applied to this variable to correct the absence of a normal distribution) as independent variable and the QMUS parameters as dependent variables

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad de Murcia

Other

Registry information

Acronym: DancersMUS

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Dec 16, 2022
Registry last updated
Mar 28, 2025

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