Measurement of the Strength of the Posterior Tibial Muscle by Hand-held Dynamometer (TPHHD)

University Hospital, Lille

Status: Completed

Conditions: Valgus Foot Deformity

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Posterior tibial tendon strength mesure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04673669

2020-A02675-34 (Other Identifier)

2020_60

Details and patient eligibility

About

Adult flat foot valgus is a degenerative pathology that causes damage to the ligaments of the hindfoot as well as dysfunction of the tendon of the posterior tibial muscle.

Currently, there is a lack of a tool allowing a standardized, reliable, reproducible and validated measurement of the strength of the tendon of the posterior tibial muscle in consultation of foot surgery.

The hand-held dynamometer could be that tool. The study would consist in measuring the strength of the tendon of the posterior tibial muscle in healthy subjects with a hand-held dynamometer (MicroFET2) by two examiners and compared to isometric reference measurements (CON-TREX CMV Multi-Joint) to validate the reliability of the measurement and its reproducibility.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients from physical medicine and rehabilitation department hospitalized for pathologies other than neurological or osteo-articular pathologies affecting the lower limbs,
• Having no neurological or osteo-articular pathology affecting the lower limbs f one year,
• No history of surgery on the rear foot and ankle,
• Written informed consent from person,
• Socially insured patient person,
• Person willing to comply with all study procedures and study duration.

Exclusion criteria

• Neurological or osteo-articular pathologies affecting the lower limbs,
• Known pathologies of the tendon of the posterior tibialis muscle,
• Deformations of the foot (flat foot, hollow foot),
• History of hindfoot or ankle surgery,
• Pregnant or breastfeeding woman,
• Inability to receive information, consent and participate in the whole study,
• Person under judicial protection or deprived of liberty,
• Person participating in another clinical trial,
• No social insurance cover,
• No written consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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46 participants in 1 patient group

Single group

Experimental group

Description:

measuring the strength of the tendon of the posterior tibial muscle in healthy subjects with a hand-held dynamometer by two examiners and with an isometric dynamometer

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Posterior tibial tendon strength mesure