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Analytical and Functional Evaluation of Recovery Following Acute Rupture of the Achilles Tendon and Surgical Repair in Young Patients

NCT03308760 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2017-10-13

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Summary

Acute rupture of the Achilles tendon is a very frequent sports injury. Surgical repair is the usual treatment in young subjects, and although the optimal technique is still a matter of debate, conventional surgery with a direct approach is still the reference technique in young sportsmen and women. Studies investigating the evolution of ankle muscle strength following surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon are rare, even though it is a crucial criterion to determine the possibility of returning to the sport. This project thus proposes to study, in comparison with the healthy ankle:(1) the evolution of muscle strength in the flexors/extensors and invertors/evertors of the injured ankle, evaluated using an isokinetic dynamometer, and (2) the evolution of stabilometry parameters, at 6 months, then at 12 months, following surgery for acute unilateral rupture of the Achilles tendon, operated on using the conventional technique in young sportsmen and women and in comparison with the healthy side.

Conditions

  • Acute Unilateral Rupture of the Achilles Tendon

Interventions

OTHER

Questionnaire

Interview concerning the post-operative rehabilitation programme and a functional analysis using the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society questionnaire

OTHER

Static stabilometry

on a force plate, in a double- then single-foot stance, with the eyes open and then closed

OTHER

Isokinetic test

Isokinetic test of the flexors/extensors and invertors/evertors of the ankle

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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