Active clinical trials for "Clubfoot"

This is a pilot study examining tendon collagen, collagen cross-linking, and markers of tendon extracellular matrix metabolism in the Achilles tendon of diabetic patients with ulcerations and amputations of the lower extremity.

The purpose of this study is to provide further information regarding the risks and benefits of Dysport in marketed indications.

The aim of this study was to determine ankle-foot characteristics, load distribution on foot, balance-proprioception, functional activity skills, disability and quality of life levels in children treated with Ponseti's method, finding out the asymetries between both feet in each group, to determine the differences between the healthy foot and the clubfeet, and also to examine the relationship between all parameters in healty children and children with clubfoot. 51 children ages ranging 5 to 15, were included in this study. In order to evaluate foot characteristics, anthropometric measurements were applied. FPI-6 is used for foot posture.Fizyosoft Balance System is used to measure the balance and proprioception. Functional activity were evaluated with Functional Activity and Skills Form. Disability were evaluated with OxAFQ-C and OxAFQ-P and KINDL forms are used to assess quality of life.

Spastic equinovarus foot (SEF) is a major cause of disability in stroke patients. Treatments may include physical therapy, orthosis, botulinum toxin (BTX) injections, selective tibial neurotomy and tendon lengthening and/or transfer. Until now, no study has been conducted to assess the result of neuro-orthopaedic surgery in the treatment of SEF. The aim of this study is to evaluate the benefit of neuro-orthopaedic surgery (selective neurotomy and/or Achilles tendon lengthening and/or tibialis anterior transfer) in case of SEF according to the 3 domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)of the World Health organisation (WHO)

This study is designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, clinical trial with two parallel groups. This study investigates the association between a single dose of the drug, Clonidine, and the total amount of opioid administered under and 24 hours after surgery in children undergoing orthopedic limb surgery with the use of tourniquet. The investigators hypothesize that administration of clonidine to children undergoing limb surgery with the use of inflatable tourniquets would reduce post-procedural pain. This study is a pilot to obtain an effect size. Based on this the investigators will calculate a sample size for the main trial enabling us to reach a power of 0.8 with a significans level of 0.05.

Clubfoot is one of the most common birth defects, with a prevalence in Europe estimated between 1 and 4.5 for 1000 live birth. It is useful to distinguish the forms of isolated clubfoot, and the forms related to others morphological abnormalities (complex clubfoot). For the complex forms, the clubfoot can be integrated in a syndromic association, be the consequence of a serious harm of the central nervous system, be associate to a genetic musculo-skeletal disease or wether be associated to a karyotype abnormality. In those cases, the prognosis depends more about the associated morphological abnormalities that can be the beginning of a severe disability or incompatible with life or any anomaly of the karyotype that clubfoot itself. In case of several morphological abnormalities, to propose invasive samples with realization of a karyotype and chromosome analysis with CGH array is a consensual attitude. What the investigators should recommended to the parents in case of isolated form is less obvious and the question of antenatal investigations can not be answered clearly in the literature. Thus, the management of these patients may vary from one CPDP to another. This study project will make it possible to analyze the management offered to patients whose fetuses have club feet and to study the results of the various examinations carried out in order to adapt the prenatal counselling and to define the best diagnostic strategy to propose to the future parents.

While studies have shown that better outcomes are associated with brace wear compliance in the scoliosis and clubfoot populations, compliance rates are still poor. Reasons identified by patients, parents and research for not complying with prescribed brace wear include the inconvenience or irritability of the child when in the brace in the case of clubfeet, and fear of looking different from peers, clothes not fitting properly, or discomfort in the case of scoliosis. While reasons for noncompliance are many and can be complex, there has been some research to indicate that personality traits may play a role in brace wear compliance. The primary purpose of the proposed study is to determine if personality traits are related to compliance patterns for individuals undergoing brace treatment for AIS or Clubfeet.

The purpose of this study is to: compare structural variations observed in the calf and foot of the clubfoot mouse model(pma)with human clubfoot patients antenatally and postnatally; identify features that might be used in future large scale studies to delineate a subtype of human clubfoot associated with lack of response to standard 'Ponseti' manipulation treatments.

Identification and characterization of the link between psychomotor development and the appearance of associated signs in children with "Equinus Deformity " considered isolated at birth.

Patients with clubfoot treated with the Ponseti method and undergoing Tibialis Anterior tendon transfer from a prospective database are evaluated using gait analysis including the Oxford foot model and compared to a group of healthy children.