500 athletes to be tracked after surgery to unlock secrets of faster healing
NCT ID NCT07501013
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 500 people who are already scheduled for routine shoulder or knee surgery for sports injuries. Researchers will track their recovery over two years using questionnaires about pain and function. The goal is to find out which factors—like injury type or surgical technique—lead to the best outcomes. This is an observational study, so it does not test any new treatment or change the care patients receive.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2046
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study population consists of consecutive real-world patients presenting to the sports medicine clinic or inpatient ward at the study center. These are patients who have been diagnosed with shoulder or knee joint pathologies and are scheduled to receive standard-of-care elective surgical treatments.
- Ages
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8 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>= 8 years. * No gender restrictions. * Definitive diagnosis of shoulder or knee sports injuries or related joint conditions. * Scheduled to undergo elective, standard-of-care surgery at the study center (procedures include but are not limited to: arthroscopic meniscus repair/meniscectomy, cartilage repair, cruciate ligament reconstruction, high tibial osteotomy \[HTO\], unicompartmental knee arthroplasty \[UKA\], arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilization, and shoulder arthroplasty). * Clear consciousness, with the ability to read, understand, and communicate. * Willing and able to comply with postoperative follow-up requirements. * Voluntarily signed the written informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients requiring emergency surgery due to acute, severe trauma (e.g., open fractures, polytrauma). * Coexisting severe neurological or psychiatric diseases, or cognitive impairment that prevents understanding of the informed consent or cooperation with follow-up. * Patients in an involuntary state (e.g., under coercion). * Refusal to sign the informed consent form or refusal to participate in the study. * Currently participating in other interventional clinical trials that may confound or affect the clinical outcomes of this study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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