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Achilles Tendon Lengthening in Patients With Diabetes to Prevent Foot Ulcers

NCT00006426 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2005-06-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People with diabetes often develop severe skin problems (ulcers) on their feet. Sometimes these are treated with surgery and other times by temporarily immobilizing the foot in a cast. This study compares the effect of surgery to lengthen the Achilles tendon and put the foot in a cast, to using a cast alone. The study will also examine how foot strength, joint movement, and overall ability to walk, balance and climb stairs is affected.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Achilles tendon-lengthening surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Michael J. Mueller, Ph.D., P.T. · Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1998-08-31
Completion
2003-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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