Results of cast treatment and percutaneous achilles tendon lengthening for children with an achilles tendon contracture.
- Conditions
- idiopatic toe walkers: children who walked on their toes after de age of two and children who has a symptomatic equinus contracture (ankle dorsiflexion between -10 and 3 degree).
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21028
- Lead Sponsor
- wetenschapsbureau Linneus Instituut Spaarne ziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 78
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients (boys and girls) between 6-18 years;
2. Independent walking achieved;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with signs of neurological, orthopaedic or psychiatric disease and patients with mental retardation;
2. Patients with previous surgery on the ankle;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ankle dorsiflexion.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Walking pattern;<br /><br>2. Satisfaction;<br /><br>3. Pain;<br /><br>4. Complications;<br /><br>5. Activity level by Functional Mobility Scale;<br /><br>6. AOFAS hindfoot scale: Measures pain functional activity and other complaints;<br /><br>7. Ground reaction force. Foot pressure measurement (pre- and posttreatment), using the footscan® USB plate by RS International®. It records the pressure in different parts of the foot during gait. From these readings a pattern of gait is deducted with can be analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively.