Responsiveness And Minimal Clinically Important Difference Of Navicular Height Drop Test With Plantar Fasciitis

NCT ID: NCT07055698

Last Updated: 2025-07-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-17
• Study Completion Date: 2026-02-28

Brief Summary

Plantar fasciitis is a common musculoskeletal condition characterized by heel pain and impaired foot function, often linked to abnormal foot biomechanics. The Navicular Height Drop (NHD) test is a non-invasive tool used to assess dynamic foot posture by measuring changes in the medial longitudinal arch. Evaluating the test's responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) can help determine its clinical relevance in monitoring treatment outcomes. Study objective to evaluate the responsiveness and determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of the Navicular Height Drop (NHD) test in patients with plantar fasciitis.

Conditions

Plantar Fascitis

Study Design

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

Interventions

The Navicular Height Drop (NHD) test

Evaluating the test's responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) can help determine its clinical relevance in monitoring treatment outcomes.

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with a clinical diagnosis of Plantar Fasciitis confirmed by Orthopedic presence of heel pain, particularly at the plantar aspect of the heel, for more than 3 months.
• Pain on palpation of the medial calcaneal tubercle.
• Positive Windlass test.
• Adults aged 25-60 years.
• Patients should be able to perform the Navicular Drop Test without any other concurrent - lower limb pathology that might interfere with the test (e.g., Achilles tendonitis, knee osteoarthritis, etc.).

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who have undergone any surgical intervention in the foot or ankle (e.g., plantar fascia release, foot fracture surgery).
• Recent history (within 6 weeks) of acute foot or ankle injury (e.g., fractures, sprains).
• Conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, or any neurological disorders affecting the lower limbs that could confound the results.
• Patients with other foot conditions like flatfoot deformity, bunion deformity, Morton's neuroma, severe hallux valgus, or any other condition affecting foot biomechanics that might alter the Navicular Drop Test results.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Superior University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Muhammad Naveed Babur

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Omer Hospital & Cardiac Center

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

MSRSW/Batch-Fall23/832

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id