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Can an app change my health?
We are investigating the effectiveness of video-based apps in healthcare settings. We are looking for people to test these apps!
Eligibility
Currently recruiting participants: Yes
Eligible gender: Male, Female, Transgender, Other
Eligible ages: 6 to 99
Accepts healthy participants: Yes
Inclusion criteria:
1. Currently using a walking aid ≥ 5 days/week,
2. OR expecting to use a walking aid for ≥ 7 days in a row (for those undergoing planned lower limb surgery)
Exclusion criteria:
1. Self-identify as being unable to comfortably communicate in English
2. Self-identify as having significant visual impairment that would affect their ability to use an app that involves watching videos
3. Use a wheelchair, walking poles, or a knee scooter for ≥ 75% of the time for mobility
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How do your hormones affect your joints?
We want to understand how female hormones across the menstrual cycle affect the knee in people with and without conditions that cause loose joints.
The clinical conditions we are interested in studying are Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS).
We also want to compare our findings to people with no history of these conditions.
Eligibility
Currently recruiting participants: Yes
Eligible gender: Male, Female, Transgender, Other
Eligible ages: 18 to 35
Accepts healthy participants: Yes
Inclusion criteria:
1. Age 18 - 35
2. Female sex
3. Regular menstrual cycles (every 25 - 31 days for at least the past 1 year)
We are looking for people EITHER with
1. A diagnosis of Hypermobile Spectrum Disorders or hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, OR
2. People who do not have these conditions and are otherwise healthy
Exclusion criteria:
1. Testosterone use (oral, intramuscular, transdermal) in the last 3 months
2. Corticosteroid use (oral, intramuscular, intravenous) in the last 3 months
3. Pregnant within the last 12 months
4. Currently breastfeeding
5. Previous right knee injury
6. Other connective tissue disorder (i.e. rheumatoid arthritis, Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Down syndrome, etc.)
7. Using a wheelchair for day-to-day mobility