Foot complaints in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA or TKA)

• Conditions: hip artroplasty; hipprothesis; knee artroplasty; kneeprothesis; 10023213; 10005944

• Registration Number: NL-OMON43530
• Lead Sponsor: Rijnland Ziekenhuis

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 23 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

All patients scheduled for THA or TKA and are taking part in the LOAS study (minimum of 178 THA patients and 178 TKA patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis, our aim is 200 patients in each group) are eligible for the present study.

Exclusion Criteria

< 18 year of age
not capable of answerring the questionnaires
not capable of understanding Dutch language

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Assesments will be done at baseline (pre-operatively) and one year<br /><br>postoperative,<br /><br>Main outcome parameters are:<br /><br>- FOAS<br /><br>- FFI<br /><br>- extra questions will evaluate multi-joint involvement, foot and ankle<br /><br>complaints and the presence of comorbidities like polyneuropathy. Also the use<br /><br>of orthopaedic insoles or modified/custom-made shoes and previous trauma will<br /><br>be asked<br /><br><br /><br>Besides patients will be asked for additional preoperative basic foot and ankle<br /><br>radiographic examination. These X-rays are done at the preoperative visit and<br /><br>will consist of an anterior-posterior view, a lateral view and a Mortise-view<br /><br>of each foot. Foot and ankle X-rays are scored using the Kellgren and Lawrence<br /><br>score.<br /><br>Moreover all patients will have physical foot and ankle examination on the<br /><br>attendance of signs of osteoarthritis by the presences of clavus, hammer-toes<br /><br>or hallux valgus.</p><br>