Early care pathway for knee sprains using automated dynamic laximetry

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

The study implements a care pathway in which ADL is performed immediately after emergency department presentation for suspected cruciate ligament injury, with MRI reserved for selected cases such as surgical planning or unclear results. Participants are adults presenting after knee trauma without radiographic fracture and who can follow up at the investigating center. The trial compares diagnostic timing, immobilization duration, and downstream use of MRI under the ADL-first pathway versus the conventional MRI-based pathway. Outcomes include diagnostic confirmation time, resource use, and potential reductions in immobilization and care costs.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient admitted to an emergency department participating in the study
* Age ≥ 18 years
* Consulted following knee trauma and whose clinical examination leads to the suspicion of a partial or complete ACL lesion without bone fracture (supporting radiograph).
* Signed consent to participate in the study
* Affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

* Contraindication to MRI (pacemaker fitted before 2010) or LDA;
* Indication for emergency or semi-emergency trauma surgery (within 3 weeks: suspected unstable meniscal lesion, fracture, etc.).
* Impossible follow-up or patient's refusal of follow-up in the investigating center's sports medicine department;
* Poor understanding of the French language
* Pregnant (known or suspected pregnancy), breast-feeding or parturient woman;
* Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision;
* Person under compulsory psychiatric care;
* Person subject to a legal protection measure
* Person unable to give consent

Where it's running

• Chu Angers
  Angers, France Recruiting
• Ch Laval
  Laval, France Recruiting
• Chu Nantes
  Nantes, France Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Raphaël GODET, MD
• Email: raphael.godet@chlaval.fr
• Phone: + 33 2 43 66 50 00

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.