Clubfeet and Twins and Gait Analysis

NCT ID: NCT05913934

Last Updated: 2023-06-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

24 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-29

Study Completion Date

2023-07-31

Brief Summary

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Children with clubfeet who were exclusively treated by Ursula Issler-Wüthrich for 3 to 14 years with manual-dynamic physiotherapy and their healthy twin siblings are compared using gait analysis.

GaitUp sensors (kinematic) and footscan V9 (kinetic) are the systems used for this comparison.

Nonparametric statistics are applied to verify aberrations.

Detailed Description

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Control gait analysis in clubfoot children and comparison with their healthy twins

Clubfeet are the most common birth defect with about 80 cases in Switzerland per year. There are two important therapies: Ponseti and manual-dynamic physiotherapy.

Ursula Issler-Wüthrich, physiotherapist, since twenty years treats exclusively clubfeet and comorbidities with clubfeet like arthrogryposis and myelomeningocele. Until today she corrected more than 400 feet with manual-dynamic physiotherapy.

Among her patients there are 11 twin pairs. In the scientific literature it is stated that in unilateral clubfoot, the other foot cannot be considered normal.With the two gait analysis systems meant for controlling the therapy results, the walking pattern of the healthy twin was compared with the pattern of the affected twin sibling.

The basis of the study is a walk over 25 meters with the GaitUp sensors (11 g) resulting in 22 quantitative digital parameters and tests on the pedobarographic plate footscan V9 leading to 10 parameters.

Statistically it will be analyzed whether there is a discrepancy between the clubfeet children and their healthy twins.

The parents in writing and the children orally gladly approved the task.

Conditions

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Clubfoot

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Gait analysis parameters

Twins: Gait analysis

Gait analysis

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Walk over 25 meters in a gym (GaitUp) Walk over 6 meters with footscan v9 in the office

Interventions

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Gait analysis

Walk over 25 meters in a gym (GaitUp) Walk over 6 meters with footscan v9 in the office

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Twins with clubfeet

Exclusion Criteria

* All other clubfeet
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Dr.Joller BioMedical Consulting

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Peter Joller, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Dr.Joller BioMedical Consulting

Locations

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Dr.Joller BioMedical Consulting

Zurich, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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ID 2023-00290

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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