Frequency of Pes Planus and Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis

Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pes Planus; Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction; Spondylitis, Ankylosing

Treatments: Other: Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04810715

NEAS2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

This investigation aims to investigate the frequency of pes planus and posterior tibial tendon dysfunction in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Full description

Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is the most common cause of acquired pes planus deformity in healthy adults. The posterior tibial tendon stabilizes the hindfoot against valgus and eversion forces and acts as a support along the medial longitudinal arch. If the posterior tibial tendon loses its functionality, the other ligaments of the foot and the joint capsule gradually weaken as the height of the medial longitudinal arch decreases or disappears, and it develops with pes planus. The presence of pes planus and spondyloarthropathy are also risk factors for the development of posterior tibial tendon dysfunction.

100 participants aged between 20-70 years with ankylosing spondylitis were planned to be included in this investigation. Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction frequency of patients with ankylosing spondylitis will be evaluated by both clinical examination and musculoskeletal ultrasonography device. The posterior tibial tendon will be evaluated by ultrasonography in terms of tendon diameter and fluid presence in 2 different locations in the retromalleolar area.

Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQoL) Scale, Functional reach test, Timed up and go test, Berg Balance Scale, Dynamic and static balance with the Sportkat device will be used as evaluation parameters. It was planned that the evaluations were made once.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participitans who apply to the rheumatology outpatient clinic between the ages of 20-70 and who have been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis according to the Modified Newyork criteria will be included in this study.

  1. Ankylosing Spondilitis

Exclusion criteria

1. Malignity
2. Previous ankle surgery history
3. Muscle disease
4. Neuropsychiatric illnesses
5. İmbalance
6. Visual problems
7. Deafness

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Patient Group

Description:

Anklyosing Spondilitis

Treatment:

Other: Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis