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Efficacy of Surgery for Idiopathic Toe Walking

NCT06610591 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2024-09-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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

  • Idiopathic Toe-walking

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Achilles Lengthening Surgery

The procedure is undertaken under general anaesthetic and involves horizontal hemi-section of the Achilles tendon via small 'stab' incisions at three levels to effect a lengthening of the tendon. The patient is then placed in a walking cast for four weeks thereafter. This surgery is usual care for most children with symptomatic ITW with plantarflexion contractures who have failed non-operative management.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alpesh Kothari, MA, BM, BCh, AFHEA, MSc, DPhil · University of Oxford

  • Yael Gelfer, BSc, MD, PhD, FRCS · St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Julie Stebbins, DPhil SRCS CSci · University of Oxford

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-09
Primary Completion
2026-09-01
Completion
2026-09-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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