Calf Muscle Contraction During Walking

NCT ID: NCT06450002

Last Updated: 2024-06-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 400 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-05-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-04-14

Brief Summary

Walking is the most familiar form of exercise, the calf muscle plays an important role in the stance phase of the normal gait cycle of gait. The relative contribution of the calf muscle to the total positive work of the lower extremities during walking is approximately 51% and 73% in the elderly and younger people respectively. This study will explore the different types of calf muscle activation during normal gait cycle based on the previous literature and will introduce a new proposition in the biomechanics of calf muscle contraction..Also, this study will address the role of this muscle during gait and the effects of calf muscle weakness on the lumbar spine.

Detailed Description

400 patients with a history of calf muscles' weakness throughout the last 3 years will be included in the study. The patients suffered from unresolved CLBP with radiculopathy contralateral to their calf muscle atrophy (i.e., an ipsilateral calf muscle weakness induces contralateral lumbar radiculopathy) that did not respond to physical therapy or any medication for long patients in an out-patient clinic in Egypt (2016 to 2022) are screened for calf muscle weakness secondry to ankle injury. Patients with lumbar disc herniation (confirmed by MRI) and radiculopathy contralateral to the calf muscle weakness are recruited to participate in this study A better understanding of the calf muscle contraction can provide a valuable insight into how the calf muscle works during walking, predict calf muscle injuries and develop specific exercise to enable the patients with calf muscle dysfunction. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Conditions

Calf Muscle Pulled

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

physical therapy

Tens and Hot packs for 20 minutes, ultrasound for 5 minutes on the back and back exercise in form of bridging exercise and core stability exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• The patients suffered from unresolved CLBP with radiculopathy contralateral to their calf muscle atrophy (i.e., an ipsilateral calf muscle weakness induces contralateral lumbar radiculopathy) that did not respond to physical therapy or any medication for long

Exclusion Criteria

• any spinal deformity or previous spinal surgeries. Spinal tumors or fracture or presence of active infection in the lumbar spine. Cauda equine lesion, the presence of any comorbidities such as hypertension, DM, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and any autoimmune disease, history of patients who suffered from cancer, unexplained weight loss, immunosuppression, prolonged use of steroids, intravenous drug use, urinary tract infection, pain that is increased or unrelieved by rest, fever, significant trauma related to age, bladder or bowel incontinence, urinary retention (with overflow incontinence), saddle anesthesia, loss of anal sphincter tone, major motor weakness in lower extremities, fever, and vertebral tenderness

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Noha Khaled Shoukry

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Noha Khaled Shoukry

lecturer

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Giza, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

PTCairoUniversity

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id