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Heel Pain in Adolescents: A Pilot Study on the Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy and Activity Modification

NCT04816188 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2024-06-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Invesigators plan to conduct a 12-week longitudinal cohort study of 30 subjects with calcaneal apophysitis. Subjects will be included if they are between 7-17 years-old, have experienced an insidious onset of heel pain with running or jumping activities, and have no underlying diagnosis predisposing heel pain and no other injury that limits their ability to run and jump. Parents of subjects will be invited to participate by completing questionnaires related to their perspective of their child's symptoms, physical activity level, quality of life, and their satisfaction with the treatment protocol. Subjects will be asked to attend 4 monthly sessions consisting of evaluation and treatment.

Conditions

  • Sever's Disease
  • Achilles Tendinopathy
  • Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy
  • Apophysitis; Calcaneus

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise Therapy and Activity Modification

Daily lower leg strengthening exercises Therapy and pain-guided activity modification.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Delaware

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-15
Primary Completion
2023-07-25
Completion
2023-07-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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