Assessment of Orthopedic Care of the Z-shaped Foot in Infant

GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche

Status: Completed

Conditions: Foot Deformities

Treatments: Procedure: Orthopedic management of the Z-foot

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04312828

2019-A02916-51

Details and patient eligibility

About

Real-life, observational, monocentric, ambispective study, carried out in France. The aim of the study is to evaluate the success rate of orthopedic management of the Z-foot after at least 9 months of follow-up.

Full description

The study will include a single prospective data collection, which will make it possible to obtain prospective clinical data at the longest follow-up after treatment, with a minimum follow-up of 9 months. This collection will be done during a visit to the office or a phone call, depending on the preference of patients and their parents.

Early data (before the intervention, immediately after, and at 3 months of follow-up) will be collected retrospectively in medical records.

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 months to 2 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child having presented a congenital idiopathic malformation uni- or bilateral of foot in Z, defined by the presence of an angular adduction of the mid-forefoot and a dorsolateral hump;
• Orthopedic treatment with femoropedic plasters and slotted splints in 1st intention, having started at least 9 months before inclusion;
• Child aged 6 months to 2 years at the start of care;
• Authorization of the parents or the legal representative of the child to collect personal information about their child.

Exclusion criteria

• Child having presented a secondary Z foot;
• History of foot surgery;
• Lack of retrospective data to assess the convexity of the external edge of the foot before orthopedic care;
• Inability of the parents or the child's legal representative to understand the study protocol.