Effectiveness of Parents' Manipulation in Newborn With Talipes Calcaneus

Mahidol University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Talipes Calcaneovalgus

Treatments: Procedure: No intervention; Procedure: manipulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01767662

si319/2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine effectiveness of parents' manipulation in newborn with talipes calcaneovalgus over observation group.

Full description

Talipes calcaneovalgus is one of the common foot deformity in newborn. Most of patients can be cure without specific treatment. Manipulation was easy method that parents can preform by their own and may be beneficial in speeding resolution of deformity.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 6 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all newborn with talipes calcaneovalgus

Exclusion criteria

• patient associated with congenital musculoskeletal anomaly
• patient with other serious medical condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

manipulation

Experimental group

Description:

home program for parents manipulation

Treatment:

Procedure: manipulation

observe

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

observation

Treatment:

Procedure: No intervention