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NCT Number: NCT04226638

Slipping Rib Syndrome: A Clinical Entity to Consider in Chest Pain

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Slipping Rib Syndrome Cartilage Diseases Connective Tissue Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases Tietze's Syndrome

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

DCR Trauma Group. Moreres Medical Center. Clínica Sagrada Família.

Barcelona, Spain

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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.

Treatment and study plan

Dynamic ultrasound

Diagnostic Test

Diagnosis was based on clinic suspicion and positive ultrasonography dynamic maneuvers by reproducing pain and slipping rib exam

Primary outcomes

  1. Hypermobility level

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    Level of costal rib where there is hypermobility

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sports

    Time frame: 1 minute

    If the subject participates in some kind of sport activity

  2. Pain mechanism

    Time frame: 2 minutes

    Pain mechanism could be "repetitive movement", "trauma" or "pregnancy"

  3. Diagnosis delay

    Time frame: 1 minute

    Time of delay in have a diagnosis (in years)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AMS Centro Medico del Ejercicio

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jan 13, 2020
Registry last updated
Jan 13, 2020

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