Functional Limitations Due To The Foot Involvement In Spondyloarthritis

NCT ID: NCT01833468

Last Updated: 2013-04-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2013-04-30

Brief Summary

Seronegative spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of rheumatic diseases Foot involvement of the SpA is common and enthesitis, erosive changes or ankylosis are the frequent lesions. The functional status of the SpA patients are usually evaluated globally.The aim of this study is to assess specifically the foot -related functional limitations of the SpA patients.

Detailed Description

SpA patients who had foot pain at least for 4 weeks and those having bilateral anteroposterior and lateral feet x-rays will be included into the study. Foot x-rays will be evaluated by a radiologist by using the spondyloarthropathy tarsal radiographic index (SpA-TRI). The foot related functional status of the patients will be determined by the Turkish version of the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS).

Conditions

Ankylosing Spondylitis; Psoriatic Arthritis

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CROSSOVER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• SpA patients who had foot pain at least for 4 weeks
• Those having bilateral anteroposterior and lateral feet x-rays will be included into the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who had flatfoot
• Previous foot surgery
• Any other disorder unrelated to the SpA will be excluded

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

nihal ozaras, ass.prof

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Bezmialem Vakif University

Other Identifiers

Foot-SpA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id