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Efficacy of Surgery for Idiopathic Toe Walking
Led by University of Oxford · Updated on 2024-09-24
20
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
103 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Oxford
Lead Sponsor
B
British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
BACKGROUND: For children who walk on their tip toes, surgery is often done to lengthen their Achilles Tendon. However, there is little research to help children's surgeons choose which children with idiopathic toe walking should have surgery. METHODS: This research study will investigate how effective surgery to lengthen the Achilles Tendon is for children with idiopathic toe walking. It will explore if the children\'s quality of life, endurance, strength, range of movement or walking pattern improves after they have had surgery. This study is a pilot study with 20 participants. This means the results will be used to decide if a larger trial is needed.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Efficacy of Surgery for Idiopathic Toe Walking
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children aged 8-16 at recruitment
- Idiopathic toe walkers based on clinicians' assessment
- Plantarflexion contracture with knee extended of 0 degrees or less of dorsiflexion
- Listed for surgical lengthening of the plantarflexors
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to give informed assent or consent
- Previous surgery to the lower limb
- Unable to effectively participate in gait analysis (e.g. unable to walk 10-metres unaided, unable to walk independently, allergy to adhesive for skin markers, hyperhidrosis)
- Underlying diagnoses which may cause toe walking (e.g. muscular dystrophy, split cord malformation, cerebral palsy)
- Listed for additional procedures in the surgery for the lengthening of the plantarflexors
- Awaiting further investigations or neurology assessment for toe walking pattern
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tooting, London, United Kingdom, SW17 0QT
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2
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX3 9DU
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Research Team
E
Eileen M Morrow, BSc. MSc.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
1
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